Saturday, December 12, 2009

Power equals force times velocity


Generating a substantial force by placing an aerofoil in the wind at an appropriate angle is relatively easy.....But getting the force to do work and ultimately generate power is more challenging!

Remember the idea was to "think outside of the box".....our first device had a long counterbalanced arm to which our aerofoil was attached. The idea was to get the arm to reciprocate automatically. The reciprocating action would then be used to generate electricity or pump water.

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