Transcript Research Statement

THE KEYS TO SUCCESS
Josh Stifter, Zachary Elmer
About Our Design
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In our High School Aerospace engineering class, within
the discussion topic of Turbines, we were tasked with
creating our very own to submit in the KidWind challenge. In
brainstorming designs, and researching previous winners,
Josh points out that the decorations to the Turbines were
basically the “key to success” in lieu to the actual power of
the turbine. This phrase, at the time, was a current popular
media sensation among teens, and came to our eye
regarding the DJ Khaled meme with his motivational
phrases such as “the key to success” and “another one”. We
took off from there, deciding to utilize the KidWind stand and
base whilst deciding how to continue with the meme.
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The Blades
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Originally the blades were supposed to be in the
shape of key emoji’s, but because they were so thin, they
would not only break easily, but would not spin very
easily. Instead, we carved 29cm blades that had
appropriate airfoils for proper operation. We then glued
cutouts of key emoji’s on them so they still showed keys.
The Nacelle
• For our Nacelle we found that if we were to 3-D print an adapter for KidWind gears
to an VEX axle/system we could create a proper nacelle. Ours uses VEX metal
pieces which encases the generator and gear system which itself threads down
to the base.
Data
Wind Speed (m/s) 2.62
Turbine rotor
2640.74
swept area (cm2)
Resistor Value
(omhs)
12
Turbine Voltage
(volts)
.98
Power (mW)
80.033
Turbine Efficiency 2.85%
(%)
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