Kites&energy
making tools - machines
bigger machines:
- 3D printer
- lasercutter
- sewing machine
smaller tools
- cutter
- scissors
- ruler
kite making
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
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
3D printing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/contrechoc/52111439912/in/album-72177720298378464/
Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:173994
basic electronics
what is V - Volt
what is Ampere - current
what is resistance - R
Law of Ohm
basic electronic components we will use
electonic components is series
electronic components in parallel
battery - producer of energy has a voltage
wire - is conductive - connects components
resistor - any component has a resistance and gives a drop in voltage
diode - something that leds current through or not depending on the direction - also has a voltage drop - LED
speaker - transfers energy into sound
electromotor - either makes rotation - movement - from voltage and current (electric energy) or makes electricity from rotation (as a generator)
advanced
voltage regulator - prevents voltage above a certain boundary, for instance 5V
rectifier - makes DC current from Alternating current
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/
microcontroller
a microcontroller can be programmed to open or close circuits
we will use this to try to send morse code from the kite
needs energy, which comes from the electrometer which is rotated by the wind
script for Attiny85 on kite: https://github.com/contrechoc/watchdog_for_kite/tree/main
ordering microcontrollers, electronics
I order online
webshops which deliver fast: (in the Netherlands)
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
KiteKraft: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42jvQpgfm94
Florian Bauer - kiteKraft blog: https://medium.com/@florian.bauer
kite design
Kite building archive: https://www.kiteplans.org
Kites-101: https://sites.google.com/site/kites4all/kite-101
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 ...
experiential learning
intro
- 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
lunch talk by Sandrine
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 and propeller 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
third elective day program - making a bigger delta kite
critical making
and a tail
add the electro motor plus propellor