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A lot of my
ideas are on other parts of this website, but I
wanted an area where I could toss out ideas and
have others comment. And to have others submit
ideas for comment. Eagle-Research is all about
free exchange of information, which makes an
effective and impromptu global think
tank.
Here's an idea
to start with. My mind came up with this one
after a conversation with one of my customers. I
call it 'The Flapper'; it is a wind or water
driven prime mover.
The flaps are
allowed to pivot on the outside ring and they
come to rest on the center cylinder. The center
cylinder rotates with the whole apparatus. The
whole wheel is mounted on a post (within the
center cylinder) with bearings and power is
taken from the Flapper in any number of
conventional ways.
As the Flapper
turns, the wind or water pushes on the one flat
side. It can be any side because this machine is
multidirectional. As the machine turns more, the
'power' flap swings out to become little
resistance to the wind or water as it comes
forward again.
In water, fish
can swim right through this device.
The flaps and
wheel can be made out of recycled materials. The
bearings and swivel points need not be
expensive. So we have an innovative device. It
will make some noise and it is not as efficient
as engineered propeller designs for wind and
water, but it will work and can be built
simply.
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