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

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.

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.

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.

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.