Windmill atop RV
Just out of curiosity has anyone tried the idea of several windmills on top of the RV to generate power to recharge batteries as you are driving? They could be raised and lowered as the situation cal...
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Small wind HAWT generation requires relatively large blades to get significant power in a stationary installation. Even if you could change the props to a "road worthy" size, the vibrations and excessive continual wind speed would chew everything up in short order.
You could try to build a tunnel through your vehicle and install an axial fan to harvest some power. Get back to us on that.
I would be very wary of attaching a mast and some of the small wind generators on my RV. There is a lot of vibration in some instances.
FWIW, I have a HAWT that produces DC. I get the benefit of the generator's bearings along with the shaft, coupling, and pillow blocks that comprise the prop shaft support. I have a 7'D aluminum propset. There is virtually no noise from the system at a height of 15'.
You could try to build a tunnel through your vehicle and install an axial fan to harvest some power. Get back to us on that.
I would be very wary of attaching a mast and some of the small wind generators on my RV. There is a lot of vibration in some instances.
FWIW, I have a HAWT that produces DC. I get the benefit of the generator's bearings along with the shaft, coupling, and pillow blocks that comprise the prop shaft support. I have a 7'D aluminum propset. There is virtually no noise from the system at a height of 15'.
