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Okay so, I am a car person and will tell you... I fell in love with that revving sound and the shifting... THIS IS A TRUE WORK OF ART AND GOOD USE OF LEGOS!!!
That engine sounded so good. Sounds like a four wheeler engine. I would suggest you to use the Lego gear selectors if you know what I mean so the gears don’t slide out. Otherwise it was awesome
This is so cool! Reminds me of when I used to play around with lego vacuum engines years ago back when I lived with my parents, I have a few videos on my channel if you're curious. I had a similar output load simulator and everything! I used a centrifugal clutch to link the engine to the output in one of my videos, which helped to free up my hands lol I used this twin cylinder config in several of my designs. It always worked quite well, in a 2x2 and 4x4 config, 3 stud stroke. Never thought to use the smooth wall pieces and olive oil though, that probably makes all the difference! I also played with a funky cylinder configuration that I called an "M" configuration (stands for mirror) that iterated off of this simple design. Essentially, the twin cylinder is iterated sideways as many times as you want. This results in multiple crankshafts that are connected with either a gear train or chain, and a single manifold that is quite compact, which helps to minimize leaks. This design theoretically allows for any number of cylinders (up to a certain point), because you can set any crank offset that you like, as long as the gears support the offset angle you want. I tried a 4 cylinder with 2x2 pistons, but my engines weren't nearly as well designed as yours, so the engine wasn't that much more powerful than a 2x2 twin, it had a fair bit more torque though. It self started, which was nice. You should try it out and see how it goes! I think it has some potential with your superior design. The M design offers a relatively small manifold size compared to the rest of the engine, minimizing leak losses.
That’s pretty interesting! If you want, you’re more than welcome to join the Discord server which I co-own with one of my friends! I’m really intrigued with this M design engine and It’d be awesome if you could go more in depth.
@@KFPlusLegoMastery Sure, I'll join the discord! Send me a PM. Here's a link to my M4 by the way. By no means the best LVE out there, but pretty cool nonetheless! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X7bNzqbisDI.html
To be honest (no offense) but I sorta forgot you suggested this- I built a clutch and thought, why not build a transmission too? I’m actually gonna extend it to a five speed too
@@KFPlusLegoMastery None taken. It was like in June or something lol. I finally got my first Lego Technic set this month! I have a feeling there is another one under my tree but I'm not sure. A 5 speed sounds awesome! Cannot wait!
Stuff like this will get you over 1k faster than you know. Excellent contents my dude, just discovered you this morning and subbed because this is awesome, and makes me want to go out and get some lego technic to take a crack at it myself
WOW! That scene at 7:47 sounds so awesome!! Please do a instruction video or post some detailed pics that show how to build it! Most awesome lego engine I´ve ever seen😱
I’d have to rip them apart either way 😂 but I’ll see what I can do! I may do some close up footage so you can get an idea because a full tutorial may take a long time
Your mechanism to regulate speed is more a "throttle body" than a carb because it doesn't mix air and fuel, rather just meters flow.... I'm realizing I'm sounding picky, don't mean to. regardless, dude these are the best Lego vacuum engines I've seen on youtube in a long time!
Thanks, I always appreciate the support! I usually call it carb because it comes before the actual engine, it regulates the airflow similar to how a carburetor regulates fuel and air mixture. When I say that referring to vacuum engines, I really mean 'throttle body' or 'manifold'
I have a manual two speed built but the shifter actually stays. Although you have to move the whole thing instead of just moving it forward or back. How did you make the shifter?
what you got there is a non syncro non constant mesh gear box aint got no syncros and the gears are not constantly meshing reminds me of a "3 speed" transmission i tried to make in scrap mechanic and i still aint got a working transmissions yet in that game i'd love to make something like this but i only got 4 gears (2 8T and 2 12? 16? idk but they are the really small kind so yeahhh ima have fun making a 3 speed with that and also some of the slightly wierd kind that have 4 lugs
It’s really dependent on your ratios and engine power. For example if you have a powerful engine you can have long gears and decent acceleration but with a less powerful engine you may need more gears to help keep it within the power range.
dude literally as i got my lego out i thought of of using 4 by 6 also i havent so far seen anyone use like duct tape instead of the tall walls has somebody tried it and it was to grippy???
you should try using 2 vacuums, each one connecting to a piston. I think with only one its more stressed and its losing power because of the double friction but same vacuum power. Pretty cool tho, sounds better than most real cars lmao.
Mostly from the mass of sets I’ve acquired over the years, back when legos weren’t that expensive. If you’re looking to buy lots of parts, I’d recommend bricklink.com
I tried that on one of my other engines with a transmission, and surprisingly nothing bad happened. I bet I’d have different results with this style of transmission
