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justin22885
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a friend and i have been discussing taking what we know (mostly what i know) in the field of mechanical engineering and designing and building a car.. it will be my car, but he's willing to help with it
the body style of this car might look something like a cross between a corvette/viper and something from the 30s or 40s.. morgan aeros have a similar look for comparison
anyway, i was looking at some less than common ideas for engines, including the axial engine design which uses parallel cylinders arranged in a circle around the shaft, using a swash plate to convert reciprocating motion into rotational
another idea i was considering is the tesla turbine, however, such an engine hasnt really been used before in a larger application and I am not sure if combusting fuel inside the intake of this engine would even work.. so i had the idea of using a tesla turbine as a steam turbine to convert pressurized steam into energy.. and since most modern tesla turbine designs utilize carbon fiber discs, the overall weight of the turbine would be very light, and a captive steam system with a flash boiler could be compact enough and efficient enough to work with overall very few moving parts in the final design.. the turbine blades attached to the central shaft and a valve for changing water flow into the flash boiler would really be the only moving parts
also, i was thinking of adding an electric all wheel drive system in which hub or pancake motors (more than lightly use some smaller, lighter weight motors and a gear behind each wheel as hub motors don't seem to offer much speed) and a generator attached to the engine.. if the steam/turbine system works and i use that then likely id add a very, very small battery pack to act as a buffer for more immediate throttle changes that steam and turbines don't really offer
so i was wondering if anyone had any other ideas i could begin working on at least in small scale to come up with some sort of a unique drivetrain for this vehicle
the body style of this car might look something like a cross between a corvette/viper and something from the 30s or 40s.. morgan aeros have a similar look for comparison
anyway, i was looking at some less than common ideas for engines, including the axial engine design which uses parallel cylinders arranged in a circle around the shaft, using a swash plate to convert reciprocating motion into rotational
another idea i was considering is the tesla turbine, however, such an engine hasnt really been used before in a larger application and I am not sure if combusting fuel inside the intake of this engine would even work.. so i had the idea of using a tesla turbine as a steam turbine to convert pressurized steam into energy.. and since most modern tesla turbine designs utilize carbon fiber discs, the overall weight of the turbine would be very light, and a captive steam system with a flash boiler could be compact enough and efficient enough to work with overall very few moving parts in the final design.. the turbine blades attached to the central shaft and a valve for changing water flow into the flash boiler would really be the only moving parts
also, i was thinking of adding an electric all wheel drive system in which hub or pancake motors (more than lightly use some smaller, lighter weight motors and a gear behind each wheel as hub motors don't seem to offer much speed) and a generator attached to the engine.. if the steam/turbine system works and i use that then likely id add a very, very small battery pack to act as a buffer for more immediate throttle changes that steam and turbines don't really offer
so i was wondering if anyone had any other ideas i could begin working on at least in small scale to come up with some sort of a unique drivetrain for this vehicle