Functional Paper V8 Engine

glitch0 writes "This V8 Engine made entirely out of paper with the exception of a few parts (motor, wires, etc.), is fully functional. It features many moving parts which include "a compound crankshaft, a rapid cooling fan, 8 rods, 8 pistons and a complex compound gearbox etc." The engine is powered by 2×1.5V D Batteries and weighs 2.98kg. From start to finish this model took one year to design and construct. There is even a D.I.Y. kit in the works that will be released shortly at the price of $85 USD. What comes next...a fully functional car made out of paper?"

Comments

UTSL

[Quixote]

Don't click on the link above; it doesn't give any more information than what's in the submission. Go to the source and get more information there.

Prior art

[MSBob]

[...] a fully functional car made out of paper?"

Already been done.

Re:Prior art

[the_other_one]

Already been done

Re:Prior art

[tuite]

The writer know what he is talking about. The old East Germany car Trabant was/is built of cellulose which is basicly the same thing as paper. It's a Trabant in the picture in the previous post.
Link to wikipedia dealing with Trabant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant

WTF?

[StyxRiver]

This V8 Engine made entirely out of paper with the exception of a few parts (motor, wires, etc.) Wait wait wait! The engine is made entirely out of paper...except for the motor?!? Motor != Block. Engine == Motor. Damnit, man.

Re:WTF?

[billsoxs]

Read the real article (http://www.yeesjob.com/v8engine.htm) and you will find out that the 'motor' is a little electric motor used to turn the paper model of a V8

Re:Move over hydrogen

[Leroy_Brown242]

A motor is electric, an engine uses some other sort of fuel.

Internal Combustion

[GentryDigital.com]

Hrm... really makes me want to know how you could get an internal combustion chamber made of paper that doesn't burst into flames...

Oh, and check out the real source of all that material for alot more detailed information.

New definition of functional?

[StikyPad]

I don't think a paper model of a combustion engine turned by an electric motor qualifies as a "Functional V8 Engine." But that's just me...

MOD PARENT UP - original article is click troll

[Animats]

The posting links to an ad-supported blog that links to the actual content.

When you get to the real site, it becomes clear that this is a project by someone who does paper models as a business and as an art. You don't get that impression at all from the "blog", which actually looks like something machine-generated by stealing copy from other sites.

Coral caches

[CrimsonScythe]

Before their server is totally burned down, here's a coral cache of the page:
http://www.yeesjob.com.nyud.net:8090/v8engine.htm

Cache of the videos:
http://www.yeesjob.com.nyud.net:8090/images/movie0 1.MOV
http://www.yeesjob.com.nyud.net:8090/images/movie0 2.MOV
http://www.yeesjob.com.nyud.net:8090/images/movie0 3.MOV

At least the real page doesn't call it a "Functional paper V8 engine", but a "V8-engine paper model". I guess this adds "paper cuts" to the list of workplace injuries for mechanics, eh?

No.

[SeaFox]

No, Engine != Motor.

Engine - Converts chemical energy to mechanical energy.

Motor - Converts electrical energy to mechanical energy.

Get it right people

[JeremyALogan]

From the writeup:

"The engine is powered by 2×1.5V D Batteries..."

From dictionary.com:

engine n.

1. A machine that converts energy into mechanical force or motion.
2. Such a machine distinguished from an electric, spring-driven, or hydraulic motor by its use of a fuel.

motor n.

1. Something, such as a machine or an engine, that produces or imparts motion.
2. A device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, especially an internal-combustion engine or an arrangement of coils and magnets that converts electric current into mechanical power.
3. A motor vehicle, especially an automobile

When will people learn that the two are NOT interchangable? An engine is a type of motor, but a motor isn't a type of engine. Get it right people.

Just a few problems....

[UnixRevolution]

I see just a couple problems with this model.

1. I don't see the valve gear anywhere. No cam, no lifters, rockers, valves, or valve springs.

2. No induction system. Nice exhaust though.

3. Fan blades on cooling fan are facing the wrong way. the fan should draw air towards the block, not blow it away from it. (This has little do to with the block itself and more to do with the fact that the radiator is usually in front of the engine, thus the fan draws cool air towards it. Having the fan blow into it causes an overheat due to a bubble of stagnant air and high-temp engine bay air being blowin into the radiator.)

4. Title is misleading. Thought they meant a real V8 engine. It's just a 'V8 visible model" thing.

The Movie Links

[TubeSteak]

Because the asshat on that blog direct linked to the vids ...and we know the killing power of /.

http://www.yeesjob.com.nyud.net:8090/images/movie0 1.MOV
http://www.yeesjob.com.nyud.net:8090/images/movie0 2.MOV
http://www.yeesjob.com.nyud.net:8090/images/movie0 3.MOV

P-P-P-Powerbook

[marktwen0]

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