I love your work and have been following your project! Have you heard of Eolo from Columbia? Eolo is a wind car without any external turbines and can go up to 75mph. If you google Eolo Columbia, you might be able to do research into them and may help you with your project to a much safer design without a dangerous external Turbine. Hope this helps brother!
I would do things differently, Start with a brushless 3 phase PM motor and drive it directly, large hobby RC plane motors would be a good candidate, Instead of a bridge rectifier, use the motor controller to apply variable regenerative braking, then it will always be matched to battery voltage no matter what the RPM and you can just control current. Your setup can be simpler lighter cheaper and more reliable. Most good controllers have a USB datalink so you can monitor variables such as RPM and phase current, meaning you can record straight to a laptop. I would start with no pitch control and get it working with a fixed blade to test first, could be put together in a few hours. The brushed motors have to go, this is the future we are living in haha. Good luck.
He said because the are only about 50-70% efficient that means that they steal up to twice the power that is usable. So 960x2= 1920watts then 757 watts per horsepower. That’s almost 3 but you get a little more than 1 usable.
I love your work and have been following your project! Have you heard of Eolo from Columbia? Eolo is a wind car without any external turbines and can go up to 75mph. If you google Eolo Columbia, you might be able to do research into them and may help you with your project to a much safer design without a dangerous external Turbine. Hope this helps brother!
I would do things differently, Start with a brushless 3 phase PM motor and drive it directly, large hobby RC plane motors would be a good candidate, Instead of a bridge rectifier, use the motor controller to apply variable regenerative braking, then it will always be matched to battery voltage no matter what the RPM and you can just control current. Your setup can be simpler lighter cheaper and more reliable. Most good controllers have a USB datalink so you can monitor variables such as RPM and phase current, meaning you can record straight to a laptop. I would start with no pitch control and get it working with a fixed blade to test first, could be put together in a few hours. The brushed motors have to go, this is the future we are living in haha. Good luck.
Let me ask you a Question... the Water battery... how could I use it on a Sailboat?
Is the power generated going into the battery? Like offsetting the alternator need.
Failure is ALWAYS an option. Thanks for sharing your failures.
Or a test track to eliminate traffic. Yeah don’t most alternators steal up to 3 or 4 horsepower from the engine to produce electricity.
Why not just use an 80-amp Automotive alternator? 80x12=960 watts
He said because the are only about 50-70% efficient that means that they steal up to twice the power that is usable. So 960x2= 1920watts then 757 watts per horsepower. That’s almost 3 but you get a little more than 1 usable.
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Lets see if you could always drive down hill your gas milage would increase...free gasoline
how does electricity = free gas