Wind Power B/C

[wzhang5460]

Do you happen to know what the resistance was?

It's changed since last year (since now the resistance can be much more), but I suppose it was at 7.5ish ohms because our blade performed better at Nats than at my home setup.

Oh I see. Our turbine got about 300 mV at States but i don't know what the resistance was.

I'm guessing 10 ohms?

[Alex-RCHS]

Knowing the resistance is nice but there are other factors at play as well. The motor itself has an internal resistance, and not every fan is the same.

[daydreamer0023]

Knowing the resistance is nice but there are other factors at play as well. The motor itself has an internal resistance, and not every fan is the same.

Based off of that, if you want a slightly more accurate comparison, you might want to grab a tachometer and try finding the rpm of your blade - that could give you a sort of guesstimate of performance.

[Ionizer]

Knowing the resistance is nice but there are other factors at play as well. The motor itself has an internal resistance, and not every fan is the same.

Based off of that, if you want a slightly more accurate comparison, you might want to grab a tachometer and try finding the rpm of your blade - that could give you a sort of guesstimate of performance.

I don't think this will help either. Different fans will still have different strengths. Different motors will have different frictions. Also rpm should depend on resistance as well. Electrical resistance adds a physical component that makes the motor harder to turn.

[chozillla]

This is a question from an invitational and I still do not understand all parts of question 1. Can someone explain the answers for me? In return I will send you the full invitational test
Here's a link to the question: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Ye ... sp=sharing
See you all in a few days in Ohio
Thanks

[BigBrown]

Hey anyone know wind power scores for the top at nats?

[vjindal]

Does anyone know what the best blades at nats looked like?
Were they lift-based?
Were they 3d printed?
What material were they made of?
Did they extend to the center of the CD or only near the outside?

[Alex-RCHS]

Does anyone know what the best blades at nats looked like?
Were they lift-based?
Were they 3d printed?
What material were they made of?
Did they extend to the center of the CD or only near the outside?

I'm also curious to know this. Also, anyone know the top voltage scores?

[RestingDoll]

Does anyone know what the best blades at nats looked like?
Were they lift-based?
Were they 3d printed?
What material were they made of?
Did they extend to the center of the CD or only near the outside?

I'm also curious to know this. Also, anyone know the top voltage scores?

We came in 8th with 335 on low and 593 on high. Test was also ok (@ shadow flicker lol).

[soyuppy]

Does anyone know what the best blades at nats looked like?
Were they lift-based?
Were they 3d printed?
What material were they made of?
Did they extend to the center of the CD or only near the outside?

I'm also curious to know this. Also, anyone know the top voltage scores?

We came in 8th with 335 on low and 593 on high. Test was also ok (@ shadow flicker lol).

Can't assume that the blade performance alone earn 8th place. There's also the testing part. The combine blade+test exam score = 8th place. No way to know how blade score stack up without seeing raw score...which is somewhat protected from public info.