2 Stroke Motor Converted to Run on Air

This is a little 50cc 2 Stroke motor that I converted to run on air. I did so by using a solenoid to control when the air was released and a reed switch to control the timing of the solenoid. I never did get the timing down perfectly, but this was as close as I got.

I never meant for this to be a practical motor. Just a project to keep me busy.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Air Motor
• engine
• 2 stroke
• compressed air
• reed switch
• steam
• conversion.

[magna59]

Nice piece of mechanical musing..but not sure of it's value, other than to keep you off the streets.Presumable you were generating the air pressure with a compressor,having to oil the air to get it to run and not sees (never thought to spell that word). If for example,it was a four stroke to avoid the problems of oil and was on the other end of resevoir,filled by a wind powered generator .. few muse vitrification ..so may be good start.But then again, you've done it & i'm just fapping my lip!

[the70stang]

@magna59 There is absolutely no point to this motor other than to see if I could do it. It takes energy to run, is extremely inefficient and lacks any form of useable power, and I have to spray WD-40 in it every time I run it, but it's different and I enjoyed making it. You've got some good ideas and I think you should try them out instead of watching YouTube! Thanks for the comment! and I believe its spelled seize.

[Mr3wheeledbike]

cool was that thingy the reed switch

[the70stang]

@Mr3wheeledbike Not sure which thingy your talking about but the small thing that looks similar to a fuse that's wired above the flywheel is the reed switch.

[crummyrex]

OUCH MY EARS

[hammerogod]

I have seen it done of 4 strokes but I didn't think it could be done on 2 strokes.

Nice solution to an interesting set of engineering challenges.