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BLADE 2 is Here!

A project log for 3D PRINTED PORTABLE WIND TURBINE

A small Portable Wind Turbine, mostly 3D printed!

adriancubasadriancubas 05/25/2022 at 16:470 Comments

I have finished the design of the new Blade that I want to use in prototype 2.

The geometry I got from the QBLADE 0.96 Software which you can download and use for free. I've attached the design and simulation file for my new Blade if you'd like to take a look. I would appreciate any suggestion.
In order to obtain the power values that I want in this new prototype and to make its performance consistent with those obtained in the BLDC generator that I presented in the previous log, I had to increase the length of the Blade Prototype 2 to approximately 435mm. Since the 3D printer I have is unable to print objects of that height, I have sectioned the Blade into two parts which must be assembled later with epoxy glue and inserts.

Kyle ( https://hackaday.io/ky6Brav0 ) works for Essentium Inc (https://www.essentium.com ), an industrial grade 3D printer / materials company based in Austin, Texas and has been kind enough to print some parts of prototype 1 in the following materials:

https://www.essentium.com/product/essentium-pet-cf/

 https://www.essentium.com/product/essentium-9085/

 https://www.essentium.com/product/essentium-htn/

He just sent them to me. The use of these materials, with exceptional properties, guarantee an incredible durability and resistance of this Wind Turbine.

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