Machines | Wind Turbine Powered Car Test
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A concept demonstrator model of a wind turbine powered car is tested travelling directly upwind. This model was developed as a final year group project by students of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. It is intended to serve as a base for groups to develop a full-scale vehicle to compete in the Aeolis race.
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shitest motorised vehicle ive ever seen
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i love your idea. Great work
i'm looking forward to do this project next year (for my final year project Electronics)
any help would be appreciated.
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Once and for all everybody! This works! This is no hokus-pokus. But it will not work on a car where the wind turbine uses the drag wind. The reason is that the power to the car needed to overcome the "drag force" from the wind turbine increases with the speed of the car. Function "P=F*v". As long as the speed of the wind is say 10m/s and the car drives at 1m/s it will work easily. But if the wind speed is the same as the car's speed it won't work because then it is an perpetual motion machine, a machine that drives itself, impossible.
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boa ideia amigos!!
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felicidades!!
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very good
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q merda
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how do we know you do not have a battery in that box in the front also would have been nice to see you build it
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why didn't you use a vertical wind turbine?
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Pixies + science? Fuck yea.
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Have a look at this Directly downwind-
DDW.mov -
Have a look at this Wind powered direct upwind vehicle - DUWFTTW
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was für ein blödsinn. wie groß müsste das windrad sein, um auch nutzlast (100erte kg) durch stromproduktion zu bewegen?? lol
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you might as well separate the turbine from the car, attach a battery to the turbine and another battery to the car; now you have an electric car and power station, a "wind turbine powered car".
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good job
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Why not put a turbine inside the car front vent (longways) so when the car goes along the wind force makes the turbine turn and power the battery/engine? This means that it would work anywhere, no wind or not.
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Why didn't they just buy one of the r/c models available?
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Why is the cart always in your wind shadow ?
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Someone below had a good idea about using a wind turbine to extend the battery life of an electric car. As the car moves, the turbine turns, charging the batteries. I don't know much about the math or science involved in doing something like that, but it sounded like a good idea and I would like to see someone test it.