Archimedes Liam F1 Small Wind Turbine - Spiral Generator for Home (1Pc)

Wish it was bigger.

This showed up broken. It’s 3d printed and one side is completely missing. It’s poor quality. I work on the road so I didn’t get home in time to return it. The area and broken piece are badly warped. I’m not sure how they were ever attached.

The media could not be loaded. It works fine! An interesting piece of 3D printed contraption. Sadly one of the wings came in smooshed and fractured; nothing a bit of epoxy wont fix.If I were to buy parts and construct it myself, I reckon I would pay about the same price. So this price to have a pretty well designed 3D printed turbine, 10W generator AND assembled LED.... That isn't bad at all.It comes assembled to function without powering the generator. I just tethered a bit of electrical tap between the wing tips and metal shaft which is responsible for rotating the generator.Otherwise, the inner main shaft DOES NOT rotate the generator. It only rotates the wings of the propellor. You need to manually tether the wings to the outer chunky shaft to get it to rotate the generator.If this description makes no sense, cut a hole outer side of the generator capsule. If you squeeze the capsule with grips, it should naturally split due to the structure of the 3D layers.I would recommend to use a paint brush and add a thin and controlled layer of clear epoxy resin to make it more weather proof and resistant to further damage.Given it's price, I would say it was a reasonable purchase for education and tinkering. There are a lot of fun projects you can do with it. Just don't let the kids play with it without guidance. They will crush it! Otherwise the structure should survive regular use, especially after epoxy. Just dont epoxy the shaft from rotating by mistake!