Kites&energy
kite making - elective by Beam
plastic bag - Indian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64wI7OCne4A
newspaper - Indian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lRzF5ZtrA8
different kites Beam made and bought: https://airlaboart.wordpress.com/kites/
making a small tetrahedral kite from straws: http://mathandecon.councilforeconed.org/35/visuals/lesson7_activity.pdf
kite materials
cheap DIY
newspaper paper
plastic from bags etc
any light weight paper or material
Special material
kite paper
Tyvek paper https://www.depaddestoel.nl/Tyvek-per-Meter
polyesther https://www.depaddestoel.nl/Spinnaker-Polyester-Dik
kite shop
in the neighbourhood (Schiedam) https://www.depaddestoel.nl - can also order online here
online: bv https://www.devliegerwinkel.nl/nl/
also amazon.nl and bol.com
kite theory
nasa site: https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/kite1.html
kite tails
rotating tails, bought from shop (Beams kite) : https://www.flickr.com/photos/contrechoc/52028850994/in/album-72177720298378464/
propellor making
material: pet bottle p[lastic and sheet metal from tins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR0KmApTkI4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXBzOOFC2bo
don't cut your fingers and hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEQnYfp1THM
electro motors
a bit clumsy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI0pGk0MMhg
see Beam's experiment: https://www.flickr.com/photos/contrechoc/52112947630/in/album-72177720298378464/
electronics, Beam's setup from a stepper motor:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/contrechoc/52112974355/in/album-72177720298378464/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/contrechoc/52111439912/in/album-72177720298378464/
using a rectifier because of alternating current, then a voltage regulator: https://www.flickr.com/photos/contrechoc/52117231590/in/dateposted/
using a script with a "watch dog timer" in the ATtiny85
elective pictures
Beam's picture collection on Kites&energy: https://www.flickr.com/photos/contrechoc/albums/72177720298378464
design and inventor sites on kites and energy: "the real"
Scottisch inventor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJ8rfoRyUQ
Kite power systems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMTchVXedkk
kite design
Kite building archive: https://www.kiteplans.org
Kites-101: https://sites.google.com/site/kites4all/kite-101
Beam's kite project in France: https://airlaboart.wordpress.com
Beam collaboration with Hans Was - poet - project "Woorden in de Wind": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDw3T5K2qls
first elective day program - kite making session
emergency!!!!! Energy is ...
intro
lunch talk by Sandrine
tree seeds
making a delta
a small zero waste kite: https://airlaboart.wordpress.com/2019/07/14/zero-waste-open-source-hackable-micro-kite-design/
trying out kites by....wind....running
making the Indian bana kite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8cI7EN97oU&t=279s
adjusting kite properties
intro microcontrollers
- making a drum machine
reflection on learning
showing other energy harvesters
second elective day program - electro motor session
intro electricity from magnets and spools
demo special generator spool
making spool from copper wire
magnet
kite theory
making propeller
checking with volt meter
again microcontrollers
connecting to the microcontroller maybe?
reflection on learning
improving kite making
- color the kite surface
- put text on the kite surface
third elective day program - making a bigger delta kite
and a tail
add the electro motor plus propellor
fourth elective day program - testing kite + electrometer system