Monday, January 4, 2010

Revolve rather than reciprocate


Reciprocating motion is great for pumping water but for generating electricity, rotation is probably better suited. With this in mind we decided to rather try and power a shaft by means of the reciprocating aerofoils. The idea was to change the angle of attack of the aerofoils every half revolution to achieve rotation of the shaft in one direction.

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