Fischertechnik three cylinder pneumatic engine. Fischertechnic is an alternative to Lego or Meccano

[Delias2001]

10053 horsepower

[Delias2001]

Legokid900 yes build a v8 engine with knex pieces

[Delias2001]

ChuffChuffWoo Build a v8 engine with knex

[randomperson12494]

how many horsepower? :3

[axel1973w]

I cant see the pneumatic cylinders. is it build like a STAR MOTOR used on older aircrafts ?

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@axel1973w Yes - but the cylinders do not have enough travel to drive the standard Fischertechnik crankshaft, so I had to extend the travel with linkages, so the cylinders are not directly connected to the crank. I really regret not remembering to make a better video before I scrapped the engine (to use the bits to build an inline engine that I haven't even started on yet), I think I'm going to rebuild it just to make better videos of how it works.

[axel1973w]

@ChuffChuffWoo , yeah! you should realy consider this. because this looks like a small piece of masterwork that should be well documented :)

[10tonvideos]

looks like lego but its really good

[pcrom]

Great ! How many prototypes did you build before it runs like this ?

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@pcrom This was the first radial, went with some tweaking, took it apart to build an in line engine -then remembered I only had this one grotty video of it, am still to build the inline engine! :-))

[legokid900]

I love the sound of the valves. (there electrically activated right.) Great engine.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@legokid900 Yes, the switch operated by each cylinder actually operates the NEXT cylinder along.

[crabbulator]

amazing steady camera hand, marvelous plot development, astounding climactic middle, beautiful ending, and what great technical cinematic quality too.

[Erhaloxx]

Cool nice video

[OGMO11]

not just an alternative, something better too, its less limited than lego is ^-^