The Helios project

This is a small model I have managed to take some footage of. It has some design flaws that I've ironed out in the next model. I does show the concepts at work though.

I devised this entirely on my own before discovering Wally's wheel, I will take some inventors licence and dub it Helios.
From the greek to revolve and the associated meaning of the sun, the double meaning was too apt to pass up for a wheel driven by solar power. I'm writing a paper about the working fluid for either a patent or a scientific journal and can't disclose the details about the fluid. If you are keen on building a small device for testing, Hexane(petroleum ether) will work ok. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MintoWheel/
Is where we discuss the technology in depth.

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[ffdarien123]

My great grandfather invented this, my name is Darien MINTO fedro =D

[Helioechidna]

@ffdarien123 As stated earlier, this wheel is not a novel invention. However, the solvent used may just be, so pending further investigations...

[GhostofRazors]

Perhaps having 2 wheels on the axle instead of one would make the movement more' fluid'.

[odiousominious]

we need a volcano to test out real world use ^_^

[1BustedMyth]

VERY well built unit

Simple and effective

[ffdarien123]

@Helioechidna Yes I do, can't give you to much information but i can tell you that harvard has taken all the prototypes and solvents that wally left when he passed away. (My family hasent even given me any information) so hopefully good things to come...

[TheTempestSpark]

I Like this!

[philosothink]

They also used too narrow of a fluid transfer pipe from one receiver to the next. I think their narrow pipes limited their RPM....

[philosothink]

they used propane cylinders as their receivers, and condensation as the method of moving the propane from top to bottom. This is the grand error of their version. Dip tubes are critical. Moving fluid is the answer to the effectiveness of this device, not condensing the vapors. The vapors do the work of moving the liquid!

[philosothink]

to get more power we simply need to increase the scale. If you've got 10lbs of liquid in a container on the end of a 10' pole, you have something to make power with.