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User314159
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I'm working on constructing a wind turbine for a project.

I have a Treadmill motor with a Flywheel and a spot for a pulley on the shaft of the motor, the spot for the pulley is 1.3 inchs diameter

I have The other end of the pulley which is 4 inch diameter and have the blades on this part. (I did this to step it up to increase speed to motor)

now I'm concerned that the wind will have trouble making this setup work because of the weight the flywheel has should I remove the flywheel or keep it?

thank you for your assistance.

  • 2 weeks later...

The flywheel will serve to smooth out the input, not really needed much as wind doesn't tend to vary over short time scales. Also your turbine should act as a bit of a flywheel on its own.

I'd suggest removing it to begin with, and if you find your output changes rapidly, or your turbine stalls in a momentary lull in the wind then try it with the flywheel back on.

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