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

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kite theory

nasa site: https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/kite1.html

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kite tails

rotating tails, bought from shop (Beams kite) : https://www.flickr.com/photos/contrechoc/52028850994/in/album-72177720298378464/

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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

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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/

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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

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elective pictures

Beam's picture collection on Kites&energy: https://www.flickr.com/photos/contrechoc/albums/72177720298378464

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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

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kite design

Kite building archive: https://www.kiteplans.org

Kites-101: https://sites.google.com/site/kites4all/kite-101

https://drachen.org

Beam's kite projects

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

and this elective!

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

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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

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third elective day program - making a bigger delta kite

and a tail

add the electro motor plus propellor

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