There are many different kinds of Wind Turbine out there, and they're mainly grouped into horizontal and vertical axis turbines (HAWTs & VAWTs).

Today, I'm showing off 3 vertical turbines I found on Thingiverse and printed, and I pit them against each other in a test to see which one will convert the most Wind energy!

All three turbines are printed in eSun red PLA+, with 5% infill. You may have noticed that the pelton looks incomeplete, and that's because it took so long to print, I had to stop. However, as you'll see in the video, that didn't stop it from giving some surprising results!

In the comments, you can find a link to the paper I cited for the efficiency of the Ugrinsky turbine, as well as links to the Thingiverse pages where I found each design.
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Chapters:

0:00 Intro
1:32 Savonius Design
2:12 Ugrinsky Design
3:20 Pelton Design
4:20 Savonius Drag test
4:52 Ugrinsky Drag Test
5:40 Pelton Drag & Lift Test
6:35 Conclusion