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1 Kid Wind Design Challenge Team Name: The One-Legged Flamingo Designed By: Gerald, Cameron, JD. 5-8 Coaches Name: Mr. Sean Murray Email Address: SMurray@clarenceschools.org Clarence Middle School http://challenge.kidwind.org/online

2 Our Team Tell us about your team: We are a team of three sixth graders from Clarence Middle School. We are attempting to generate the most electricity using our wind turbines. We turned mechanical energy (wind) into electrical energy. The goal of this whole shebang is to generate electricity without burning fossil fuels.

3 Design Brief Problem Statement (What is the problem that your teacher has given you to solve?): The problem is that we are burning to many fossil fuels which releases to many carbon dioxide. (greenhouse gases) This is environmentally unfriendly. Design Statement (How are you going to solve this problem? Include the process you are going to take to solve the given problem) : We are going to design wind turbines to generate electricity so we don’t have to burn as much fossil fuels.

4 Design Brief Constraints (What you can and cannot do/use.): No metal blades. Weight constraint. Foam core board, balsa wood, Styrofoam, cardboard, etc… Length constraint 18-20 inches maximum length Dowels could be used. Width constraint. Originally no hot glue(that changed) Deliverables (What materials and items you need to solve this problem) We had to create three different drawings of our wings. We needed foam core board, dowels, plastic hub, Kid Wind wind towers, voltage meter, fans, tape measure.

5 Constraint: Light weight material Constraint: Size Constraint: Width constraint Constraint: Dowel length Constraint: Total Design 1 433212 Design 2 443415 Design 3 Design 4 Design 5 Design Table Best 4 3 2 1 Worst Ranking

6 Blade Testing Round 1 Trial Number of BladesTilt DegreeVolts ProducedGears Wind Speed 1 4 20 1.78 yes 4 2 4 20 2.16yes 3 3 4 20 2.26yes 2.3 Blade Description: This is our slide design Blade Material: Foam core board Blade Length (cm): 37

7 Blade Testing Round 2 Blade Description: These are our midget blades. Blade Material: Foam Core board Trial Number of BladesTilt DegreeVolts ProducedGears Wind Speed 1 3 15 4.54yes 4 2 3 3 2.3 Blade Length (cm): 19 cm.

8 Our Best Test Number of Blades: Geared or Direct Drive: Generator Used : KidWind Wind Turbine Generator Photo of Turbine

9 Our Best Test Wind Speed: Blade Length: Resistor Value: 54 ohms Turbine Rotor Swept Area: Turbine Voltage:

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