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A TURBINE IS A COMPONENT OF PERFORMANCE THAT HAS AT LEAST ONE
MOVING STRUCTURE KNOWN AS A ROTOR ASSEMBLY, WHICH IS A SHAFT OR DRUM

WITH BLADES ATTACHED. WIND ACTS ON THE BLADES, CAUSING THEM TO MOVE
AND GIVE ROTATIONAL ENERGY TO THE ROTOR. IN THIS EXPERIMENT DESIGN WAS
AIDED WITH THE ENGINES CURRENT OF 12V DC WHILE LARGER VOLTAGE VALUES,
SUCH AS 24 VOLTS, MAY BE NECESSARY FOR ESPECIALLY HEAVY ELECTRICAL
MOTOR APPLICATIONS RATHER THAN THE USE OF 12 VOLTS HAS BEEN THE MOST
TYPICAL MEASUREMENT OF VOLTS UTILIZED IN SMALLER ELECTRIC MOTOR
APPLICATIONS SUCH FOR THIS DESIGN.

WIND TURBINE BLADES ARE CONSIDERED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
COMPONENT OF A WIND TURBINE. THEY ARE TREATED TO HIGH PRESSURES AND
ARE FABRICATED TO EXTREMELY TIGHT TOLERANCES. THEY MUST BE BALANCED
AND HELD TO THESE HIGH TOLERANCES TO LIMIT ANY AMOUNT OF VIBRATION THAT
MIGHT OTHERWISE HARM THE WIND TURBINE. ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE WIND
TURBINE BLADE DESIGN JOSEPH RAND THE KIDWIND, THE DESIGN TYPE (ONE-

BLADE) WILL CATCH 10% LESS ENERGY THAN A TWO-BLADES DESIGN IN TEST
EXPERIMENTATION. WHILE TWO NUMBERS OF BLADES WOULD CAPTURE ABOUT 5%
LESS ENERGY THAN THE THREE-BLADE DESIGN OF A WIND TURBINE. BY THAT, THE
THREE-BLADE DESIGN CHOOSES TO BE IN THIS DESIGN PROTOTYPE BECAUSE IT
HAS A BALANCE OF GYROSCOPIC FORCES WHICH MEANS BALANCE WITH PROVIDING
THE SLOWER ROTATION. SLOWER ROTATION BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT INCREASES
THE GEARBOX AND TRANSMISSION PROCESS. IT IS KIND OF MORE AESTHETIC AND
FOR SURE LESS NOISE.