Tag Archive for 'wind tunnel'

wind tunnel upgrade!

Published by Matthew on June 17, 2011 in News. Closed

wind tunnel controller v2

We’ve got another 24 workshops coming up over the next to weeks for SAUCE, and so we’ve taken the opportunity to upgrade the wind tunnel.

  • New motor with more rugged turbine fitting,
  • upgraded RPM and current sensing,
  • new PLC for fan control,
  • software updated for better RPM measurement and serial communications.

I’ve also posted the software for the PC and the microcontroller on my github pages. Thanks to Power Drive Service for rapid delivery of the new PLC!

Wind turbine workshops!

Published by Matthew on January 31, 2011 in News and workshops. Closed

Our wind turbine workshops are a fantastic exploration of wind power. Students team up and compete to create the best wind turbine blades that they can test in our custom made wind tunnel.

“One of the best workshops I have seen in the last three years” - Teacher at South Camden Community School

We also have classroom resources for use after the wind workshops: wind turbines for teachers (keystage 3)

SAUCE project progressing well!

Published by Matthew on June 21, 2010 in News and Reflections. Closed

The wind turbines project has been going really well. Every time I run the workshop I get it that bit closer to my idea of a ‘perfect’ workshop; fun, creative, experiential, a great learning environment. I’m getting better at coaching the children through the process and really encouraging the learning through failure attitude.