Air car

[avengersarsenal]

hey man u might remember me from a while ago, but recently ive started working on an air powered car using an air hogs engine and i want to ask if you had any troubles with your car being to heavy?

[jmnic63]

@avengersarsenal Yes, i have had weight issues that's why i added a extra cylinder to compensate for the weight

[chaosorr]

60% of knex - 40% other

[jmnic63]

This is true ........

[MrGameboy1989]

whats the hp

[JeffHendrie]

Can you put up instructions on how to build the engine (without the car part) once? (I'm trying to figure out how to make a "steam engine" out of K'nex for somthing. Thanks.

[iamnub672]

Wow, how does the air engine work? i've been researching on air engines and i cant find anything close to this type....

[andnic6]

@iamnub672 instead of using combustion like in a car engine ,he using compressed air preserved in the 2 liter bottles to push the piston down

[suzukiholdenman]

DO A HILLCLIMB!!!!!!!!!

[pivotcrazzy]

give me enough time to study it and i could make it from the images

[jmnic63]

@pivotcrazzy i would like to see that , post a video if you can!

[jmnic63]

@knexguy100 hell no fool . i could never get a knex motor to go any faster than my walking speed

[anvilavatar]

thats sick dude!!!

[jmnic63]

@anvilavatar thanks !

[dukes20084]

i know this video is old and you probly couldnt tell me by now but how did u make it so it has a good seal so that the piston could back and forth please tell me because i could use this to power my knex water that i am going to start working on very soon.

[Scerab]

nice, reminds me of Theo Jansen's creations in that it uses compressed air in pop bottles.

[Gameboytri77a]

Awww cool. If only it didnt look soo crude. Kinda hard to call it a car. lol but thats a great idea. Check out my response video. Its my K'nex Range Rover.

[alpinemanlover]

ideal speed to take a walk with your baby :p amazing work!!

[RandomJunk1999]

can you make instructions



[jmar1371]

Put RC in it and take it to a Maker Faire near you. It would be a hit.

[cstumler1]

god i wish i could build something like that!

[Dethmasheen]

LEGO > Knex

[kaado000]

KINECTS ftw!!!!!! TAKE OVER TEH WORLD BUILD TANKS WITH THEM PLZ

[jarjarpicklepickle]

thats g. have to say it kills my knex wind up car i made... really murkced

[APRICOT013347]

it´s so cool

[acul0707]

Air is a rare resource and shouldnt be wasted , but your creation was gnarly

[jmnic63]

A average human breaths 550 liters of air each day, and you saying im wasting it ! it doesn't pollute the air at all im just compressing it to run plastic pistons . No harm done.

[jakesllama]

if you built a car you could hand pump it up! neat

bt the way check out my video of a new energy source for knex a rubber band engine!

[jmnic63]

@jakesllama i use a bike pump to fill it , no compressor needed

[crazyfvck]

LOL. Air will only be rare once we destroy all of the plants on our planet, or our numbers grow to a ridiculous extent.

[POPCORN454545]

@acul0707 wow your an idiot...your a complete idiot....all hes doing is compressing it in a fiew 5 or 6 pop bottles so push down a couple pistons to turn a crack shaft.....after its done pushing the cranck it comes back out of the cylinder..its not like hes burns it up like in a gas engine you fool....and air is a TOTAL non rare recours...its called trees you idiot..it converts the carbon dioxide back into oxygen...derp derp..time to go back to school you idiot..god thats the most retarded thing

[iceman23332]

@acul0707 Air is naturally occuring, as long as trees are here.

[fergfergferg123]

@acul070'air is rare' 

are you fuckin retarded

[ccolwell19941]

add rc staering.....

[ZeroKenshin]

Genius!!!!!

[plantmant]

is it using an motor? and awesome!

[jmnic63]

@plantmant if you mean a air powered engine then yes

[jacktaylor2115]

thats awsome.

[Aferry1995]

Awesome. I attempted to try this, but I couldn't figure out how to alternate the air flow between the two pistons.

[KKKKKKKKKK9999]

you have to use a switch hooked up to the flywheel

[ragnotgizmo]

sweet.... like the knex.... if im spelling that right.... havent messed with those in forever

[polskaswinia]

nice job

[DeDean16]

Wow! Cool!

[powerdave4]

waw j'aimerai bien savoir de quoi le piston est fabriquer /ou on peut lacheter

[jmnic63]

@powerdave4  English please haha

[rwg42985]

freaki'n sweet

[95ejd16z6]

wow very impressive :D outstanding job

[Arkijas]

amazing ! whos sound track is it? very nice song, thanks ;)

[jmnic63]

The name of the song is "Steam Engine" by My morning Jacket.

[vanepico]

you, sir, are an engineer!

[cmd19872002]

You could make it go much farther if you put a regulator on it (to 30psi as your running on) and presure up them pop bottles to 100psi (they pop at around 140-150psi :), i have done it before lol). Just figured you would like the info. Great design.

I would like to try something like this, cheap to build, and could help for a cleaner world.

[jmnic63]

Thanks very much i will try it ! And sorry it took so long to respond lol i never thought they could hold that much pressure

[jclayton59466]

Wow

[superfunnyman123]

need to rc it, nice job!

[marauda777]

hahahaha nice, you made it out of kinex

but it seriously is nice though

[3089280288]

Can you do rotary style?

[jmnic63]

yea rotary engines would work but idk how to make one, i know how they work and everything but it would be difficult to make.

[Hansolo60]

And this thing works?

[TommeyLeeReed]

My technology will make air cars much better.

What do you think?

[jmnic63]

Yes i think your engine will make cars run very well if you ever build a working air car good luck:D

[NewtonicProductions]

Show it to k'nex and they might buy your design, Awesome rig unbelievable!!!!:D

[jmnic63]

@NewtonicProductions i tried , but they didn't respond back to me . Maybe its just to complex for them .

[momomesh]

could you like draw a sketch of the basic design and post it here?? then we can all copy and improve it, and by the time you know it we'd have a cheap and free way of powering our bikes~ Thanks

[jmnic63]

@momomesh sorry no

[Scorge120]

Beautiful machine, absolutely beautiful. I would have to say the best piece of work I have ever seen that is made out of k'nex.

[BlindDogFulton]

Poetry in motion. This is up there with the wind-powered devices.

[erikatvdriver]

nice dude ur a real thinker and a pro

[biodcel]

Awesome innovation, keep on track!

[whenidietommorow]

that's amazing, keep at it

[guitarmasters33]

man awesome just one question...instructions on how to? please

[5000cannon]

it says nothing man

[Jaych4]

cool looks a bit heavy though try and minimise the scale and the weight and it might go faster :D

[neohakai05]

make me

[jmnic63]

lol

[neohakai05]

wtf what is it??????????

[jmnic63]

READ THE DESCRIPTION

[5000cannon]

but i have never seen a air hog engine

[jmnic63]

The piston is not attached at all it is like the air hog engine

[5000cannon]

how did you atach it to the bottle cap?

[jmnic63]

I just built a crank shaft out of knex to copy the function of a real engine .

[5000cannon]

so how did you make the piston work with knex?

[5000cannon]

does that have a diff in it and olso put a transmishion in it that will be cool

[jmnic63]

No it does not have diff the design of the car really did not need them at the time.

[thunderspeeds]

needs a remote but other wise that is a freaking cool ass toy. GREAT JOB MAN!!!! A+++++

[5000cannon]

hey how did you make the piston and cylinder pls let me now i would like to make one

[zasx20]

awsum

[ufoengines]

Cool! Think a Tesla Turbine would work with this idea?

[jmnic63]

Maybe i will try it some time.

[fizzguts]

Possibly but they are much less efficient than std piston or turbine engines

[crasyfrogger]

holy shit thats fucking awsome

[APANERO121]

You should put a little motor to make the car make turns with a remote control.

[pakiik]

good great job

[viper2788]

wow that is amazing... you should try building an inline 4 or something of the sort with all functioning parts. anyway.. the car seems to be very well put together and designed. that air pressure piston you made is genius

[Givadanger]

thts cool man...

[duckman108]

Now you gotta make a tutorial for the first motor!!!

[ashleytisdalefan66]

i like that car

[tranman978]

very impressive (psst make a knex gun)

[GameProW]

0mfG0rZ this is awesome!!!

Wtf don't want the instructs xD

[trevmister8]

This is pretty impressive!