The Spinner

Blake Dunaway, Rafael Byron, Dmitri Falkner, Trevor Jackson

Design: The Body

Body consists various woods

Super glue for binding

Thumb tacks for spacing

Metals washers and nuts for positioning of arm

Design: The Power Source

36 gauge magnetic coated copper wire

Four ceramic magnets

One plastic fan blade

Rationale: Blunders and Bad Luck

Misplaced and Mangled Magnets Opposites attract

Bogus setups Reverse motor Separate loops

Faulty wiring

Rationale: Salvaging the Ship

Thick PVC Became thin wood

Multiple rolls of wire One large spool

Heavy Fan arm Replaced with thin

metal rod Two small magnets

Four Washing Machine Magnets

Performance Results

Hand power yielded 3 volts

Wind power yielded twice the velocity and increasing current

Never lighted the bulb during testing!?

Efficiency

100*

sec

2

1 3

wind

generated

power

power

JoulesWatts

Amperes

WattsVolts

AVP

%604.

019926.

00615.

24.3

30.3

0182.

15

2.1

2

s

JWatts

Amperes

Volts

JP

WattsP

mA

mphV

wind

generated

Recommendations and Conclusions

Begin sooner Last minute last ditch efforts

Better Communication Difficulties getting together and accomplishing

goals Find a way to maximize efficiency

Something was hindering the conductivity of the machine (resistance, distance between magnets and coil, ect.)

Stay Simple Over complicated designs wasted valuable time