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Materials and tools:
- hoverboard with working motor wheel;
- 6-inch PVC pipe;
- galvanized pipe with a diameter of 3 inches;
- 5mm round metal plates;
- inch metal strips;
- plywood;
- bolts and nuts;
- hand drill;
- rectifier;
- angle grinder;
- jigsaw;
- pliers;
- soldering iron
Manufacturing process
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First you need to disassemble the hoverboard, unscrew all the bolts and pull the motor out of the housing using pliers. Considerable effort will be required; the structure is secured quite strongly.
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Next, we make an adapter-holder. Cut out 2 circles from the plate and cut 5 strips. We drill holes in the workpiece as shown in the figure.
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The holes are needed for attaching the parts to each other and installing the blades.
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We mount the motor.
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Another plate will serve as an adapter between the tail and the spinner. We also drill holes on it to secure the tail, blade part and turning mechanism.
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As a rotating mechanism we use another part of the hoverboard - the hinge part. To do this, we cut the body and remove the connecting rod.
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To fasten the rotating mechanism and the main structure of the windmill we use 2 metal plates. We weld one of the plates to the mounting post on the roof. The second plate is installed on the connecting rod.
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We collect the received parts.
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We install the base of the structure.
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We cut the tail out of plywood and attach it to the adapter using 2 metal plates.
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Take a PVC pipe and cut out 5 blades with a jigsaw. Each wing is cut with an extension. In our case, the narrowest part is 5 cm wide, and the widest part is 12.5 cm, the length is slightly more than a meter.
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A three-phase wheel motor generates three-phase alternating current. To convert alternating current into direct current, we connect a rectifier to the motor, which is built according to the specified circuit.
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We are installing a wind generator on the roof. As a support we use a galvanized pipe with a metal plate on top. To fasten the lower part we take metal brackets.
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We install the wind generator on a support and connect it to a 12V battery. The battery is charged when the windmill rotates.
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