Dalhousie - Air Powered Go Kart

Awesome Air Powered go kart. 43km/h Top speed, Electronic timing, Mechanical Clutch, Competive performance. See the project from start to finish including lots of test videos.

GET MORE INFO AT: http://poisson.me.dal.ca/~dp_07_2/

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Autos & Vehicles

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• APD
• Dalhousie
• Air
• Power
• Green
• car
• zero
• emissions
• vehicle
• Wankel
• Rotary
• Go
• kart
• go-kart
• scuba
• design
• project
• environment

[NikolayTrotsenko]

Hi.

Question why you are using only the standard ports of the intake and output.

It is sensible to make in the stator, two more windows, with a rotation of 180 degrees.

Considering the video did not saw any

[davespencer001]

Were not actually using the standard ports. We made a new exhaust port and are using the ignition and suction chambers for forward thrust. The compression chamber is now the exhaust. We could have optimized the chamber positions however we didn't have the budget to fully rework the engine.

[Mrengineerwannabe1]

Representing halifax!

I'm going there.

Q.

What course is this?

[MrPayton24]

how long can this go kart go for before u have to refill !!!

[dany080]

how big should the engine be if u want to put it in car?Should it be 4X4-rotary engines?And how much air should it be in the tanks and how many tanks?Total weight of car=4tons top speed=30-60km/h range=20km? And what about torque?0-?=? And noise? Sry i didnt watch all videos so i dont know why did u rebuild this engine...But good work anyway..

[door2doorman]

great presentation!

[RevanantGod]

it is

[ufoengines]

Really nice job!

If you want a real HOOT check our my "Tesla Turbine Go Kart" and my "Leaf Blower Powered Go Kart" videos.

What do you guys thing of using a turbine in and air car power train with and multi speed trans. or and electro mechanical trans. ?

[fizzguts]

Only if the rate of expansion allows your heat source in your case the atmoshere to transfer sufficient energy to counter the cooling due to expansion. At the rate you are using the supply this is minimal as the cylinder are where the cooling occurs even multi staging does not give you sufficient heat transfer area to make a, your words "major difference". Even in the theoretical idea case you are looking at maybe 40% better performance which is still just an interesting toy exercise

[davespencer001]

Nope. It does apply. The rate of expansion effects the energy absorption of the air. That is why a pressurized vessel gets cold when you open it quickly.