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
• rotator toy
• making a micro 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

study difference

• electro motor
• generator
• stepper motor

making propeller

checking with volt meter

kite theory

different kites

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

critical making

and a tail

add the electro motor plus propellor

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