Central Air Planes

Central Elementary, Lincoln, IL · Tammy Dietrich · February 16, 2025
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Project Overview

We are a group of four 5th graders who built a wind turbine for the KidWind Competition from balsa wood to see how wind can be turned into electricity. We used our classmates data on blade size, shape, and pitch to choose our design. We also used a 64 to 8 gear ratio to make it spin faster and produce more power.

Key Metrics
Wind Speed (m/s)
4
Rotor Swept Area (cm2)
3631.574
Resistor Value (ohms)
30
Output voltage (V)
0.42

Solar Home Elementary Division (4th-5th grades)

Video of Device Running

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