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Hi everyone, As promised, I have been working on a more interesting Technic project. I have made a couple pneumatic v4 engines which you can see here: (URL) you have any ideas on how to measure the power of these things, let me know. It would be fun (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It looks great! Have you thought about using it to power anything? As a car it shoudn't need a fly wheel. The cars momentum (geared up) will keep it smooth. I think it would be kind of quick. Just a thought. Nice work. :) Best regards, Paul (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) You could time how long it takes to winch a small amount of weight hanging off the edge of a table top a certain distance. See the recent power pulling threads to see what I mean. From that you can figure out torque and horsepower. or You (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It would be fun to make it a v8 with eight new double acting pneumatic pistons (if you had enough). Really powerful, but kinda big. Might take too much effort to pump it though. Guess it would be a v16 then, with 16 power strokes per cycle. MM (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Nope, I only have them in yellow (if I don't count the pump which is basically one with a spring attached). Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yeah, I think Philo did the same thing when testing the various electric motors. Seems like it will work as long as I use a consistent air supply. (...) I like this! This was more along the lines of what I was thinking. Then I could just hook (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Alex Zorko has done just that. (URL) the bottom of his ideas page, and also his dodge charger model. He says it powerful enough to tear apart gearboxes. I am going to try using the new style cylinders, but they are much stiffer and I will have (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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I made a cad file with instructions in case anyone is interested... (URL) (22 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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