202: Wind Turbines for Homes - A New Approach

Using the machines for side jobs can also build expertise that will certainly benefit the long term project and goals. I sure hope the investors see this as a good use of your time and resources.

I want one. My winter power needs are minimal, we don’t have much sun, but we have plenty of wind.

Technological devices have been thought to spring to life fully formed like Athena from the head of Zeus. It never has worked that way. I love the idea of adding Fletner (sp?) sails to Savonius turbines. Chris and Cheryl seem to be both unusual and cutting edge. Kudos to them and you.

I feel your pain, Matt Ferrell. You are not alone.

This is super exciting stuff! Thsnk you fot giving them more exposure

I love this design

Here in the uk the SD3 and SD6 HAWT turbine has blades that flex back on springs in severe weather, so they don't need to be stopped in storms.

Just to clarify, large wind turbines vary their blade angle to keep electric production at 60 hz. (USA). This is done to eliminate losses related to using inverters. (As I understand the design.) At very high wind speeds or when out of service they feather the blades to stop them. I was disappointed that the conversation didn't ger into AC power frequency regulation. Based on what was said I assume that an inverter will be use to create 60 hz AC electric power for applications were 60 hz AC power is desired. (Typical household power.)

That center axis pole is not big enough. In fact, think about a design wrapped around existing momople towers. E.G. urban high tension, interstate light masts, bilboard masts. Add more scoops on the stack to get an offset angle of 8° or less. Incorporate a variation in scoop height, tied to a ratio of primes to null/eliminate sympathetic vibrations. Hopefully, these three specific suggestions can help you out as you continue forward. I'm rooting for you.

I really enjoyed this interview! I had no idea about this channel, because I have never heard you mention it on your channel Matt. Just a hint for you to mention it to make it more wide spread. 👌

I'm enthusiastic about the idea, enough to invest a small amout, what I can afford, in it to help development. I hope thet are able to get far enough to market it. Small scale wind generation seems a worthy niche to fill.

I know you’re talking about wind turbines. I always think of water turbines and putting them in saying rivers under the water far enough that it boats don’t bother it. I don’t know why they haven’t done this makes sense in the world like rivers like the Niagara river where you’ve got quite a good current, just seems like you could have all the power you want

Their comments about side jobs got me thinking. Are there any companies offering manufacturing "in the cloud?" I don't really want to own a bunch of equipment. I want to spin it up on demand when I want to test a new design

Nice idea & great if true but something smells off. The variable air gap is so obvious even I thought of it.

I am sure they have a good speed control to adjust size.. but i kept thinking if they put an anemometer on the top or bottom of the unit with a Centrifugal governor to close the scoops and have the turbine always try to open the scoops. I think with gearing they could use an old school flyweight speed control to try to close the scoops. similar to old school elevators centrifugal governor. it seems like a piece of simple old school tech that may not be the best to adjust but it may be the most durable efficient way

This company is going places. Wish I could invest in them. Unfortunately, I live in an area with very little wind, else I would buy one whenever they became available.

This is fascinating! I do wish that Cheryl would correct verbage to verbiage, but I’m just nitpicking. Seriously, I hope that their product comes to fruition and is a great success!

I like the theme and idea of the series!

I would love to have this tech on the property. Even if it's an out dated unit, it's better than what we currently have, which is nothing.

I'm seriously impressed with their tech, but as with many things like this, I worry about the durability of these turbines. I see lots of moving parts, gearing, etc. There's also a lot of mass, though that can likely be reduced to a point, but still. Regardless, a cool, fascinating idea. The possible melding with a flettner rotor is freaking awesome.