Commercial Wind Blades made from Hemp Fiber which is made into a mat has stronger fibers then glass grows faster than Bambo and is easier to recycle. Hemp fibers also absorb Resin as good or better than glass or Balsa wood.
Glad to see you are using bamboo and not balsa !!!! A couple of years ago, balsa was practically unobtanium for the aeromodelling/hobby community as the Chinese were purchasing all the growth in Papua New Guinea for their turbine blades 😒
I remember the bamboo wind turbine video ! I have a Q about the old blades, as they seem to "go on forever". Why aren't they just re-used somewhere where less size is more appropriate? We could use some smaller ones here where I live. Or - could they be repurposed to be used in estuary water generators. It does seem wicked to just bury them. It's like putting a hat you don't like in the bin when you've only worn it once and not giving it to the charity shop (which is where I get all my hats from😄) Another great video ! thank you.
The scaling down reduces size but maintains the mass per ft of bigger blades, harder to drive a smaller blade due to weight. If the material was malleable we would be in bussiness.
Bamboo is grass. Remember how corn started out, then humans turned into huge ears and now it feeds the world. Grass to bamboo, then maybe wind turbine blades to power the world.
interesting tidbit; making those blades is very similar to making prosthetic sockets! Super light, able to be fit to vacuum-fit molds, flexible, its awesome! Carbon fiber instead of the common fibers really strengthens it. (the real ones not bamboo blades, hah)
and how much energy is used to recycle the old resin infused blades ? which are made from hydro carbons to start with . nice build Rob , may have bamboozled the windustry !?. It does rot pretty fast so needs treating ,it is grass after all ,for any longevity .
I love it! Then I see?A film like this my head start and brainstorm! After a moment I have a two meter high VAWT how might give 3kWh! But I come back to my bicycle wheelrim and threaded rod and 8 planks for asymetriskt Vortex propulsion! to hang the VAWT and take out the energy from the bicycle wheelrim! To make this a bit stronger do it in 4 blades like a Savonius/Darriuswing open like a "?" questionmark and and screwed at the rim on two places! Now we talk cheap Windturbin! 😂 /Mikael PS A qustion is left how to make a aeroplanwingform on a bamboo cheap? But this is the challange! Of Course every part of this square looking Darius/Savionius have need to overlook best solutions in price and qualety. DS
Principles of Design for Disassembly (DfDs ) & BAMB (Buildings As Materials Banks - though strangely works for Bamboo too 🤔), the Legofication & Mechanoisation with modularity , circularity & universal standardisation needs to be designed in from start. Some loss of efficiency maybe in not having totally bespoke chemical & fabrication. For sustainable infrastructure of a longterm civilization pre grey goo where everything self organises into paper clips (including us soylent greens 😮) national lego sets that can used in the transition through decline is the best way to go
Mr. Robert-Smith I have a question regarding vacuum, 'flame-licker' engines. I hope this is not an inappropriate place to ask... All over RUclips there are videos of flame lickers with people stating that it is the cooling of gasses sucked into the chamber which result in the engine's motive force. I disagree with this, and would like to hear your take on it. it is my tentative belief that the flame licker engine is running on the drawn in plasma state of energy present in the flame that it sucks in. I think that the ions and electrons of the flame are sucked into the cylinder where, once the shutter closes, they cannot fill the 3 dimensional space they have now become trapped in - the plasma is just energy, not uncombusted gaseous particles that take up space - therefore a vacuum is left as the plasma dissipates, which in turn draws in the piston. I know that some amount of gasses are sucked in, but I think that those partially combusted gasses that may be sucked in, are more of a transport mechanism for the developed plasma than the primary motive force. If it were just hot gasses cooling then I don't believe the engine would ever run, there has to be a stronger initial force for the first cycle to lead to the second. The nature of the electron/ion plasma of the flame never seems to be discussed, it is always "hot gasses" & I just don't think that would be enough, but I can't figure out how to actually quantify or test my theory of plasma dissipation as the motive force. If it's truly just hot gasses, then flame would not be necessary which should mean that a flame licker would run on superheated air, without any flame present - but I don't think that it will. I think the actual plasma of the flame is necessary. I don't have a source of superheated air to test my theory. Probably wrong but, would like to be convinced by someone smarter, that I'm wrong. I am happy to become better educated & so better comprehend what is going on. If some day you might take on the question, why does a flame licker 'really' run, I would be very intrigued! Thank you for your dedication to explaining the science of harnessing energy to do work! I really should donate to you for asking a question of such magnitude but alas I am poor.
Taking the old blades placing them end for end and stacking them in two layers then pour concrete amongst the fiberglass and you have a really strong bridge span for low level creeks and viaduct replacing iron mesh maybe an idea i have no ip on this
How about doing the stupidly obvious thing of designing wind power that does not use stupidly large fan blades???? You have shown lots of different types of blades. Combine them with a wind redirecting structure. (like a building complex that has this spot where leaves and trash tend to gather and spin around) great videos!!!
There are companies working to put sails on cargo ships and some of them are using wing profiles. I would think there are enough bright people around who could find a way to repurpose the old blades for this.
I think the main concern is that they are being taken apart because their duty cycle is up. Reusing them for anything industrial or commercial may bring on too much liability
My main 2 questions are 1, how easy is to buy the stuff if you don't live in China [import tariffs, licenses, fees, permits, etc] and 2, how much does it cost?
In its lifetime a turbine blade must create a certain amount of energy. I wonder how much coal ash would be created generating that same amount of energy and what the volume and mass comparisons look like.
Why try to totally break down the fiberglass blades??? We have a homelessness problem. Those could be the start of tiny homes. Think cross sections would be more fire resistant than tents, as well as have more usable surfaces, impervious to weather, rodent resistant, etc. Reusing this way reduces many issues with other types of recycling. You bamboo windmill looks quite beautiful, btw. I want to make mine from bamboo.
Please calculate how many kilos of turbine blade waste comes out of a lifetime of energy use, and compare it to how many tons of ash that comes from a lifetime of energy use from electricity made by burning coal.
Laid flat, they can be used as pedestrian bridges with spans as long as the blades, the biggest redundant blades now over 200 ft. If turned on their sides and bolted together as the base upon which a surface could be constructed, they could be used as vehicular bridges. These could be useful in Ukraine to replace bridges destroyed in the war. As for the Dutch banning the disposal of them in landfill, with rising sea level, they are mad. They need everything that they can get hold of to raise the level of their land ... it isn't much, but as the old woman said whilst piddling in the Sea, "Every Little helps," .... or to make gigantic lily pads on which they could build houses. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, sea level rose by 1.87 inches in the 10 years 2014-2023 and it is accelerating. The Dutch do not have long to go. Contrary to the usual hyperbole, only a few square miles of the Netherlands are below sea level ... that is below low spring tide. Huge areas are inter-tidal I.e. above low spring tide level but below the peak of a surge spring tide BUT as sea level rises, ever increasing area WILL be below low spring tide requiring more and more energy to power the pumps. In addition to the sea-level rise, because of isostatic settlement, the Netherlands like Southern England is sinking back into the Earth. London sank a full inch in the last 11 years.
Well, where do the waste of nuclear reactors from Europe go? They are sent to special landfills to Eastern Siberia. The blades can also be stored there, there is a lot of space, and the blades are also not radiate, this is their great dignity.
A prediction: KWh required for producing, operating,, recovering and recycling each composite blade will be greater than that produced, prorated per blade. . Totally enjoy your bamboo turbine demonstration. Great job. Could it be scaled up? Can a larger blade frame be made bamboo or wood then covered with recycled paper?
This is like totally wrong: One Wind Turbine with 5 MW on a medicore location produces around 10 000MWh per year, or 250 000 MWh over 25 years. One Ton of Coal as example holds around 5MWh for comparison. So one Wind Turbine can produce the energy equivalent of 50 000 Tons of Coal. Or 25 000 Tons of Oil/Natural Gas (both who have an energy density of around 10 MWh/Ton). This doesnt include conversion losses (or gains via heat pumps). If you use the energy for heating, you can make 750 000 MWh with an average heat pump (SCOP of around 3, modern buildings can hit 4), while coal stays around the same (since you need to convert coal to electricity first, what wastes 2/3 of the energy). And that ignores the fact that the CO2 is dumped right where it is being produced, with no control what happens to it. Producing 250 000 MWh of Electricity from Natural Gas (0.4 Tons of CO2/MWh) emitts around 100 000 Tons of CO2. What has a far lower density than Wind turbine Blades (1 Ton of CO2 requires around 500m³ of Space, 100 000 Tons of CO2 would need 50 000 000 m³ of Space). Even if you just lay down the wind power plant as a whole, dig it in and leave alone the area above it, it would need far less space, and would cause far less problems than CO2. Compare that to wind turbine blades: very heavy wind turbine blades weigh around 150 tons each (from 25 MW offshore Turbines), so together they have a mass of 450 tons. Fiber Glass has a density of around 2tons/m³. Meaning you would need only 225m³ of Space. Half of that of *1* ton of CO2.
Build Amusement Parks all around the world, and REUSE the Blades as WaterslidesWhat is fascinating s, that one guy is able to archive, what multimillion even multibillion dollar energies struggle to--building windblades only using natural sources, its a shame
I can’t think of anything humorous to say 😵💫. What gets me is yo can get old Cessna’s from the 70’s that are still airworthy with Aluminium aerofoils , Lancaster bomber and spitfires are still flying, some commercial vans have composite leaf springs and fishing rods can last longer than these wind turbine blades . Quite ironic that they seem incompetent when designing wind turbine blades . I smell a rat and I bet the sales and marketing teams / politicians have got something to do with it . 🤔🙄 Funny how the thousands of GRP boats are still afloat and they suffer from osmosis to a far greater extent than these blades . UV resistance of the resin may the the key factor but one can guarantee there’s a simple way round it . Bamboo/ flax/ hemp is way better than balsa as a reinforcement plus there’s coremat , sorric and many other alternatives used in the composites industry.
I enjoy your videos, but I have to give you feedback on the audio. I find that your less than average audio quality actually reduces the whole watching experience for me… which is a big pity. 🙏
Most of this video was an older video, with less good audio indeed. The difference you hear in this video proves how much the audio quality has improved over the years. That being said, I wouldn't mind if there was some more volume. Anyone can turn their volume down, but I'm already watching at maximum volume, which sometimes means I have to rewind and hold the speaker of my phone against my ear to be able hear what's being said. But that seems to be considered 'normal' on RUclips. It happens on all channels.
These videos are something to learn from. They don't need superb audio for a "whole watching experience" so as long as you can understand what he's saying without a lot of effort.
@@TerrorTubbie666 > That being said, I wouldn't mind if there was some more volume. That's a RUclips thing. RUclips tries to level the audio to stop people from making louder videos. The problem is that a loud intro (that most channels have) causes the volume to be reduced on the whole video.
It seems just effortless the way you put things together, Dr. Robert! 👏
Commercial Wind Blades made from Hemp Fiber which is made into a mat has stronger fibers then glass grows faster than Bambo and is easier to recycle. Hemp fibers also absorb Resin as good or better than glass or Balsa wood.
Plus you can smoke the leaves
MAN, that was a beautiful build! 😮 Thanks for sharing Rob ✌️
cheers mate
I have nothing useful to say, I just wanted to say I love these videos. :)
Wow, thank you!
@@ThinkingandTinkering We all do
Reminds me of the film “the Swiss family Robinson”
I've got this feeling somebody's watching you. 😁
In fact lot's are watching almost half a million subscribers! 👍
lol - nice one mate lol
Glad to see you are using bamboo and not balsa !!!! A couple of years ago, balsa was practically unobtanium for the aeromodelling/hobby community as the Chinese were purchasing all the growth in Papua New Guinea for their turbine blades 😒
When you did your video about vertical wind mills, I thought that it could solve that problem, because vertical blades are supported differently.
there ar4 lso experiments in using bamboo for VAWTs mate
Fibreglass blades can be recycled as stitch 'n' glue sailboats.
It’s amazing what one can make with grass. Great video, thanks.
I remember the bamboo wind turbine video ! I have a Q about the old blades, as they seem to "go on forever". Why aren't they just re-used somewhere where less size is more appropriate? We could use some smaller ones here where I live. Or - could they be repurposed to be used in estuary water generators. It does seem wicked to just bury them. It's like putting a hat you don't like in the bin when you've only worn it once and not giving it to the charity shop (which is where I get all my hats from😄)
Another great video ! thank you.
they have micrcracks mate and become a danger
The scaling down reduces size but maintains the mass per ft of bigger blades, harder to drive a smaller blade due to weight. If the material was malleable we would be in bussiness.
@@ThinkingandTinkering can't they be fixed Robert?
@@ThinkingandTinkering What about my estuary project? 😎😎 We must be able to use them in that somehow
Bamboo is grass. Remember how corn started out, then humans turned into huge ears and now it feeds the world. Grass to bamboo, then maybe wind turbine blades to power the world.
interesting tidbit; making those blades is very similar to making prosthetic sockets! Super light, able to be fit to vacuum-fit molds, flexible, its awesome! Carbon fiber instead of the common fibers really strengthens it. (the real ones not bamboo blades, hah)
You could use those turbine blades to build houses Or House roofs except one problem they would last forever
They could be cut in strips and with new resin and fiberglass turned into all sorts of building materials for housing.
if you steam the bamboo it can be shaped into any shape, 2 to 3 times wider and longer with the same bamboo.
and how much energy is used to recycle the old resin infused blades ? which are made from hydro carbons to start with . nice build Rob , may have bamboozled the windustry !?. It does rot pretty fast so needs treating ,it is grass after all ,for any longevity .
Well done ! Respect Rob!
cheers mate
I love it! Then I see?A film like this my head start and brainstorm! After a moment I have a two meter high VAWT how might give 3kWh! But I come back to my bicycle wheelrim and threaded rod and 8 planks for asymetriskt Vortex propulsion! to hang the VAWT and take out the energy from the bicycle wheelrim! To make this a bit stronger do it in 4 blades like a Savonius/Darriuswing open like a "?" questionmark and and screwed at the rim on two places! Now we talk cheap Windturbin! 😂 /Mikael PS A qustion is left how to make a aeroplanwingform on a bamboo cheap? But this is the challange! Of Course every part of this square looking Darius/Savionius have need to overlook best solutions in price and qualety. DS
The tool you need for the bamboo is a froe, its hit with a wooden beedle
Isnt it possible to renew the old ones by just puttin on a new layer? Makin some additional reinforcement somehow?
Bambu is good, you can do it with plastic bottles in several ways.
Principles of Design for Disassembly (DfDs ) & BAMB (Buildings As Materials Banks - though strangely works for Bamboo too 🤔), the Legofication & Mechanoisation with modularity , circularity & universal standardisation needs to be designed in from start.
Some loss of efficiency maybe in not having totally bespoke chemical & fabrication. For sustainable infrastructure of a longterm civilization pre grey goo where everything self organises into paper clips (including us soylent greens 😮) national lego sets that can used in the transition through decline is the best way to go
Skipper? Have you seen Gilligan? Time to review the Gilligan's Island episodes. LOL
Mr. Robert-Smith I have a question regarding vacuum, 'flame-licker' engines. I hope this is not an inappropriate place to ask... All over RUclips there are videos of flame lickers with people stating that it is the cooling of gasses sucked into the chamber which result in the engine's motive force.
I disagree with this, and would like to hear your take on it. it is my tentative belief that the flame licker engine is running on the drawn in plasma state of energy present in the flame that it sucks in. I think that the ions and electrons of the flame are sucked into the cylinder where, once the shutter closes, they cannot fill the 3 dimensional space they have now become trapped in - the plasma is just energy, not uncombusted gaseous particles that take up space - therefore a vacuum is left as the plasma dissipates, which in turn draws in the piston. I know that some amount of gasses are sucked in, but I think that those partially combusted gasses that may be sucked in, are more of a transport mechanism for the developed plasma than the primary motive force. If it were just hot gasses cooling then I don't believe the engine would ever run, there has to be a stronger initial force for the first cycle to lead to the second.
The nature of the electron/ion plasma of the flame never seems to be discussed, it is always "hot gasses" & I just don't think that would be enough, but I can't figure out how to actually quantify or test my theory of plasma dissipation as the motive force. If it's truly just hot gasses, then flame would not be necessary which should mean that a flame licker would run on superheated air, without any flame present - but I don't think that it will. I think the actual plasma of the flame is necessary. I don't have a source of superheated air to test my theory. Probably wrong but, would like to be convinced by someone smarter, that I'm wrong.
I am happy to become better educated & so better comprehend what is going on. If some day you might take on the question, why does a flame licker 'really' run, I would be very intrigued! Thank you for your dedication to explaining the science of harnessing energy to do work! I really should donate to you for asking a question of such magnitude but alas I am poor.
Please improve sound quality. Perhaps some acoustic panels? Thank you for your videos, a great benefit to the maker community.
I don't understand why its so bad to bury them. Does fibreglass melt or something when underground?
I’m wondering if, knowing what you learnt about tubercles, you needed to sand the nodules off the bamboo?
good point! - i don't know - but probably not lol
Taking the old blades placing them end for end and stacking them in two layers then pour concrete amongst the fiberglass and you have a really strong bridge span for low level creeks and viaduct replacing iron mesh maybe an idea i have no ip on this
How about doing the stupidly obvious thing of designing wind power that does not use stupidly large fan blades???? You have shown lots of different types of blades. Combine them with a wind redirecting structure. (like a building complex that has this spot where leaves and trash tend to gather and spin around)
great videos!!!
Where did you get the large diameter bamboo from?
garden supply store on line
Plans were made of wood ?
I do believe ground up wind turbine blades would be great filler in asphalt roads
There are companies working to put sails on cargo ships and some of them are using wing profiles. I would think there are enough bright people around who could find a way to repurpose the old blades for this.
I think the main concern is that they are being taken apart because their duty cycle is up. Reusing them for anything industrial or commercial may bring on too much liability
On the other side. What are we going to do about old solar pannels ?
Could make a bloody big didgeridoo out of that bamboo :)
So good I wish I could subscribe again :) LOL
lol - cheers mate
You split bamboo like a Lao!
awesome!
My main 2 questions are 1, how easy is to buy the stuff if you don't live in China [import tariffs, licenses, fees, permits, etc] and 2, how much does it cost?
you can get it from a garden store - it's where i bought mine
@@ThinkingandTinkering I've never seen anything like that anywhere near where I live.
they should make corbelled longitudinal homeless shelters with them.
Wander if the recycling process uses only green stuff.
In its lifetime a turbine blade must create a certain amount of energy. I wonder how much coal ash would be created generating that same amount of energy and what the volume and mass comparisons look like.
Why try to totally break down the fiberglass blades??? We have a homelessness problem. Those could be the start of tiny homes. Think cross sections would be more fire resistant than tents, as well as have more usable surfaces, impervious to weather, rodent resistant, etc. Reusing this way reduces many issues with other types of recycling.
You bamboo windmill looks quite beautiful, btw. I want to make mine from bamboo.
just used them as a rigid sails for sea going vessels......
I'm wearing socks made of bamboo and I'm surprised that aluminium alloy is not used for wind turbine blades.
Aluminium is relatively expensive.
Please calculate how many kilos of turbine blade waste comes out of a lifetime of energy use, and compare it to how many tons of ash that comes from a lifetime of energy use from electricity made by burning coal.
AS usual 👍👍
Laid flat, they can be used as pedestrian bridges with spans as long as the blades, the biggest redundant blades now over 200 ft. If turned on their sides and bolted together as the base upon which a surface could be constructed, they could be used as vehicular bridges. These could be useful in Ukraine to replace bridges destroyed in the war. As for the Dutch banning the disposal of them in landfill, with rising sea level, they are mad. They need everything that they can get hold of to raise the level of their land ... it isn't much, but as the old woman said whilst piddling in the Sea, "Every Little helps," .... or to make gigantic lily pads on which they could build houses. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, sea level rose by 1.87 inches in the 10 years 2014-2023 and it is accelerating. The Dutch do not have long to go. Contrary to the usual hyperbole, only a few square miles of the Netherlands are below sea level ... that is below low spring tide. Huge areas are inter-tidal I.e. above low spring tide level but below the peak of a surge spring tide BUT as sea level rises, ever increasing area WILL be below low spring tide requiring more and more energy to power the pumps. In addition to the sea-level rise, because of isostatic settlement, the Netherlands like Southern England is sinking back into the Earth. London sank a full inch in the last 11 years.
Why not aircraft frame aluminium?
Well, where do the waste of nuclear reactors from Europe go? They are sent to special landfills to Eastern Siberia. The blades can also be stored there, there is a lot of space, and the blades are also not radiate, this is their great dignity.
A prediction: KWh required for producing, operating,, recovering and recycling each composite blade will be greater than that produced, prorated per blade. .
Totally enjoy your bamboo turbine demonstration. Great job. Could it be scaled up? Can a larger blade frame be made bamboo or wood then covered with recycled paper?
This is like totally wrong:
One Wind Turbine with 5 MW on a medicore location produces around 10 000MWh per year, or 250 000 MWh over 25 years.
One Ton of Coal as example holds around 5MWh for comparison. So one Wind Turbine can produce the energy equivalent of 50 000 Tons of Coal. Or 25 000 Tons of Oil/Natural Gas (both who have an energy density of around 10 MWh/Ton). This doesnt include conversion losses (or gains via heat pumps). If you use the energy for heating, you can make 750 000 MWh with an average heat pump (SCOP of around 3, modern buildings can hit 4), while coal stays around the same (since you need to convert coal to electricity first, what wastes 2/3 of the energy).
And that ignores the fact that the CO2 is dumped right where it is being produced, with no control what happens to it. Producing 250 000 MWh of Electricity from Natural Gas (0.4 Tons of CO2/MWh) emitts around 100 000 Tons of CO2. What has a far lower density than Wind turbine Blades (1 Ton of CO2 requires around 500m³ of Space, 100 000 Tons of CO2 would need 50 000 000 m³ of Space). Even if you just lay down the wind power plant as a whole, dig it in and leave alone the area above it, it would need far less space, and would cause far less problems than CO2. Compare that to wind turbine blades: very heavy wind turbine blades weigh around 150 tons each (from 25 MW offshore Turbines), so together they have a mass of 450 tons.
Fiber Glass has a density of around 2tons/m³. Meaning you would need only 225m³ of Space. Half of that of *1* ton of CO2.
Wait what? The knew this back then but still built airplane propeller style wind turbines? I wish I had tax payer money to build disposable tech.
Build Amusement Parks all around the world, and REUSE the Blades as WaterslidesWhat is fascinating s, that one guy is able to archive, what multimillion even multibillion dollar energies struggle to--building windblades only using natural sources, its a shame
cheers mate
make from paper...
I can’t think of anything humorous to say 😵💫.
What gets me is yo can get old Cessna’s from the 70’s that are still airworthy with Aluminium aerofoils , Lancaster bomber and spitfires are still flying, some commercial vans have composite leaf springs and fishing rods can last longer than these wind turbine blades .
Quite ironic that they seem incompetent when designing wind turbine blades .
I smell a rat and I bet the sales and marketing teams / politicians have got something to do with it . 🤔🙄
Funny how the thousands of GRP boats are still afloat and they suffer from osmosis to a far greater extent than these blades .
UV resistance of the resin may the the key factor but one can guarantee there’s a simple way round it .
Bamboo/ flax/ hemp is way better than balsa as a reinforcement plus there’s coremat , sorric and many other alternatives used in the composites industry.
Do they sink? There is a lot of ocean out there
Recording by speaking into a mike pointed at the hard reflective wall behind you is always and everywhere a bad idea-ya-ya-ya...
thank you mate - and i mean it - that is good advice - cheers
Refurbish :?
What to do with old glass fiber boats?! Stop this stupidity!
The best solution is to stop producing them.
I enjoy your videos, but I have to give you feedback on the audio.
I find that your less than average audio quality actually reduces the whole watching experience for me… which is a big pity. 🙏
Most of this video was an older video, with less good audio indeed.
The difference you hear in this video proves how much the audio quality has improved over the years.
That being said, I wouldn't mind if there was some more volume.
Anyone can turn their volume down, but I'm already watching at maximum volume, which sometimes means I have to rewind and hold the speaker of my phone against my ear to be able hear what's being said.
But that seems to be considered 'normal' on RUclips. It happens on all channels.
These videos are something to learn from. They don't need superb audio for a "whole watching experience" so as long as you can understand what he's saying without a lot of effort.
@@TerrorTubbie666
> That being said, I wouldn't mind if there was some more volume.
That's a RUclips thing. RUclips tries to level the audio to stop people from making louder videos. The problem is that a loud intro (that most channels have) causes the volume to be reduced on the whole video.
@@misterhat5823 So it's RUclips itself that makes videos unwatcheble on an Android-phone.
In other words:
It's Google destroying itself.
SMART!!!
Okay RUclips-AI, if you insist, I will make a mess again.
Please get a proper microphone.
500k subs, I think you can manage it.
no
i use a zoom h2n - it's a goo dmic - the problem is the surroundings