First experiment

The first of three phases (for the three phase design) was wired up and it was found that at 60 rpm the peak to peak voltage for one phase was only 2 volts. This tells me that I don't have enough coils of wire per phase. I would like to have a peak to peak voltage of about 40 volts at 60 rpm, so I am off by a factor of 20! So what do I do? I only have 5 coils per phase. If I go to a 2 phase design I can fit 12 coils of wire around the wheel per phase. I then need to increase the number of turns per coil by a factor of 8.5. I used AUG14 wire for the three phase experiment, which is very fat wire. If I use AUG24 wire I may be able to achieve the high voltage at the low rpm. The picture below illustrates how the coils could be positioned for the 2 phase design.