Windy Wildcats

Northwest Elementary, Lincoln, IL · Tammy Dietrich · February 16, 2025

Project Overview

We are a group of four 5th graders who used their classmates experiments with blade shape and pitch to determine our blade design. We used a Chomp Saw to cut four blades from cardboard. We also used a 64 to 8 gear ratio.

Key Metrics
Wind Speed (m/s)
4
Rotor Swept Area (cm2)
3631.574
Resistor Value (ohms)
30
Output voltage (V)
0.94

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

Video Presentation

Video of Device Running

Project Images
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