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A project log for Propel-E 50 | A powerful recycled windturbine

A windturbine made from PET-bottles! Completely 3D-printable and open-source.

bram-peirs-fw2wBram Peirs @ FW2W 08/18/2020 at 14:590 Comments
The Propel-E is coming together nicely! Until now we have been prototyping with PET-G, but for the final version we will switch to 100% recycled PET from Tridea en BASF!
Next up is creating a tail! Dimensions are not so critical but it is important that it is light and stiff! The tailpiece will also serve as a mount for the windturbine, and fits everything of a pole of 40mm. Herefore we use a cheap steel pole that is used for garden fencing (which was actually 38,5mm in our case). Total price: barely 20EUR!

Testprint:

The final result will be the printed version of this:

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