So, I've made a whole new set of rings and lines for the "torque ladder". This means they were a fixed size radius. On all previous models, the lower, smallest hoops, were made and sewn in to the compression sleeve. It's too easy after laying everything out on the ground to convince yourself there enough wind in the small lifter you launched. This is the main reason we have to move to automation. I'd suggest steady 10kg line pull minimum. That's the first thing you launch and first thing you should test. Usually if you're going to goof up it's because you don't have a strong and steady lift kite. It wasn't always easy.Ī TV crew was on site to show this crash. That, combined with - flying in turbulent wind fields, combined with the energy transmission and generation interfacing, combined with the mix of lifting and generating kite types. Making a mechanically autonomous Kite Turbine by prototyping came with a lot of mistakes and crashes.Īs you can see, a lot of these models weren't perfectly balanced and neat. In this Project Log Entry, I'm going to try put you off making a Kite turbine. There's nowhere better to be than a warm kite test field with a good wind.Īnd with the motivation of maybe making a massively scalable and much cleaner energy solution. Read more »įlying a Kite Turbine looks a breeze on some of my videos. Then fish out an EVSE car charger capable of selecting a lower than normal charging. With your spare batteries, Connect them very carefully to a ~5kW inverter. Connect the Mega 2560 (way too slow for next revision) to your pc to get a stream of data. Get a few powerful 36V e-bike batteries and connect 2 of them with XT-90-s anti spark plugs to the power in leads. Make sure your sram crank power meter (converted to the chainring sprocket) is connected to the wee bike computer. You can also hold a brake and boost forward for start up or unwinding a mistake.
HUMAN DIY KITE SOFTWARE
With the software and knobs and sensors, You can govern the max regen and mix the levels of control from the tip speed ratio, the tension torque ratio and the speed trend.
HUMAN DIY KITE CODE
The ground station motor/generator controller code can be found here DaisyKiteTurbineControl You never want to see a 20kg lump of edgy steel flung past your head by an angry kite.įor ground station designs go here ground stations
The ground station has to have a really good anchor. This was a ground station and turbine combo I was preparing for the scouts (More about that at the bottom of this chat. You can see the launching process sped up in this video It's simple, continuous rotary output, scalable yet workable on a small scale, mechanically autonomous (apart from launch & Land & as long as it's all balanced) Most Airborne Wind Energy Engineers start out like this, and also from being Kite Surfers.Īfter a lot of experimenting, My favourite method is the Kite Turbine. Harnessing kite power and converting it to electrical energy - can't be too hard ! And it's a really good thing to achieve because it could be scalable. I started testing ideas on kite power in 2010, because kites can provide a lot of power with little material. But as you'd expect with wind power, and especially with freaky flying wind power, it's a lot more complicated than that. We've flown a bunch of missions and made lots of power, done some car charging and made lots of tea in the field.
HUMAN DIY KITE HOW TO
How to make an energy independent electric vehicle with a Kite Turbine.
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