Collaborate Disseminate
[Tom Stanton] has been experimenting with compressed air motors on model aircraft for a good few years, but keeping them aloft (and intact) for more than a few seconds has …read more Continue reading Stretching the Flight Time on a Compressed Air Plane
Air engines are a common occurrence here on Hackaday. They’re relatively novel and reasonably easy to 3D print without requiring any fluids or supporting machinery. For example, [Tom Stanton] took …read more Continue reading Gravity-Water-Air Powered Engine
We wonder if mechanics are as annoyed when we say “engine” as we get when someone talks about a “computer” or a “radio.” Sure, you know what all three of those words mean, but there are many different kinds of …read more
[Tom Stanton] has been messing around with compressed air power for a few years now, and most of his work focused on piston engines. He likes using 2-liter soda bottles as lightweight tanks but their capacity is limited, so the …read more
Continue reading Pelton Turbine Development For An Air Powered Model Helicopter
Sometimes it’s ok to sacrifice some practicality for aesthetics, especially for passion projects. Falling solidly in this category is [Peter Forsberg]’s beautiful, barely functional steam punk motorcycle. If this isn’t hacker art, then we don’t know what is.
The most eye-catching part of the motorcycle is the engine and drive …read more
Continue reading Steampunk Motorcycle Runs On Compressed Air, Is Pure Hacking Art
Our most likely exposure to a steam engine these days will probably come courtesy of a railway locomotive. A machine capable of immense power and probably with significant complexity and engineering in its construction, something the majority of us will only ever be able to see at second-hand. But there was a period when steam engines were much more accessible, before internal combustion engines and electric motors took on the task of automating hard work you would have found small stationary steam engines in all corners of industry.
These engines are on a scale much more easily embraced by hackers …read more
Continue reading Converting a Lawnmower Engine To Run on Compressed Air