MIND BLOWN, new engine idea.

"Singhjr96" (singhjr96) 05/16/2014 at 02:06 • Filed to: None

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So we had a mechanical engineer come into our a.p. physics class, and he did some cool stuff with liquid nitrogen and blew up some hydrogen balloons, but there is one thing he said that stuck with me. He said "who knows maybe the future of the engine is an helical engine that is 3-d printed (with metal of course) and uses a ball instead of a piston to compress the gas".............HOLY MOTHER OF F*CK I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT. Hell you know what, when I become an engineer, i'm going to try and make that. Somebody on here please print one out of abs and use air to test it out. But the idea is the ball would twist in the helical chamber, and the first explosion would push the ball and compress the gas on the other side of the ball. Then that will compress the next gas on the other side of the ball. The second side will then combust again and send the ball other way compressing freshly injected gas on the first side. Such a cool idea if you think about it.

All Motor Is Best Motor > Singhjr96 05/16/2014 at 02:11

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There's some kind of sphere internal combustion engine being worked on. It's called a Huttlin Kugelmotor.

http://www.innomot.org/kugelmotor.htm

Scary__goongala! > Singhjr96 05/16/2014 at 02:11

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And myself being a Marketing major will find somehow to prove to the American car buyer that this is not some sort of witchcraft. haha

Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD > Singhjr96 05/16/2014 at 02:12

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DO IT! Totally make it! We'll throw it my Honda for testing if you need to.

Singhjr96 > Singhjr96 05/16/2014 at 02:13

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I imagined it as a tube and a ball that just went back and forth in the tube. Or like a loop and a few balls in there.

Rainbow > Singhjr96 05/16/2014 at 02:13

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What is the ball doing, though? Is its inertia supposed to spin the helical chamber itself? Seems really neat, but I'm not sure it's practical. Pistons are physically attached to to the rest of the moving parts, so I'm not sure how a free-rolling ball is going to transfer its energy as efficiently.

That said, I would love to see this in action because it does sound cool.

Singhjr96 > Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD 05/16/2014 at 02:15

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Well, We'll see in about 15 years when I get my degree and perfect the idea.

samssun > Singhjr96 05/16/2014 at 02:17

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Not sure how you're translating the force on the ball elsewhere to do work, but how bout a free piston engine?

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/germans-c…

Singhjr96 > Rainbow 05/16/2014 at 02:18

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Well the ball could be stationary and the helical chamber could go up and down and spin a gear. I have no idea, but i'm going to sit down right now and think about this.

Rainbow > Singhjr96 05/16/2014 at 02:19

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Definitely do! The more I think about it, the more I like this idea.

Singhjr96 > samssun 05/16/2014 at 02:19

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Sorta like that, but with a ball. I don't even know, i'm still trying to think about how this would work myself.

Philbert/Phartnagle > Singhjr96 05/18/2014 at 22:40

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Cool! I'd like to see a working model of that myself.

Singhjr96 > Philbert/Phartnagle 05/18/2014 at 23:44

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So would I. Still haven't conceived of how to do it.