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Wind Power Gear Driven Land or Sea

2,192 jselbach  5.3 years ago

100% wind powdered. Designed to track the wind direction. Better yet, it floats so you can use as an offshore windfarm.

The VTOL engine ports are only to stabilize it at sea and can only hold agaisnt a 50 mph wind.

Function 1 and 2 activate the opposite side engine valves. point them up then find the side you need to push back against the wind with. Function 8 controls the various lights.

I added 2 extra gears at the base should anyone want to use them. The large gear is a 60 tooth 6 degree gear i made for a clock I have yet to build. The small gear is a 1/4 reduction mathematically.

I hope you enjoy the gearwerks!

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 83.0ft (25.3m)
  • Length 83.0ft (25.3m)
  • Height 101.9ft (31.1m)
  • Empty Weight 85,100lbs (38,601kg)
  • Loaded Weight 106,163lbs (48,154kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.127
  • Wing Loading 193.4lbs/ft2 (944.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 549.0ft2 (51.0m2)
  • Drag Points 115451

Parts

  • Number of Parts 484
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 1,266
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    2,192 jselbach

    @CalebRepublic Thank you!

    4.5 years ago
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    2,192 jselbach

    @DPSAircraftManufacturer Nice! That would help a ton of gear driven projects.

    +1 5.3 years ago
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    2,192 jselbach

    @DPSAircraftManufacturer Thank you. Yes, it started life as a clock, hence the 60 tooth gear and just kinda morphed into this. A real generator would spin much faster. Challenge for the next build.

    +1 5.3 years ago
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    49.1k Wogchamp

    @jselbach lol thanks. That's extremely old though haha

    5.3 years ago
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    2,192 jselbach

    @DuckMint Thank you! That means a lot. Also, your Heinkel is insanely good.

    5.3 years ago
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    49.1k Wogchamp

    @jselbach Extremely cool.

    5.3 years ago
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    2,192 jselbach

    @DuckMint It is. I've seen others post gears before so the idea is not original but the actual design work is all mine.

    5.3 years ago
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    49.1k Wogchamp

    Is this original?

    5.3 years ago