Unusual/Interesting Engines/Motors

[NewcastleFalcon]

It's nice to prove my memory has not completely dissolved, when I found this old thread, well I have just watched this Youtube video, and wondered if anyone else had, British engineering takes on the challenge of Zero emission ICE's
Interesting what Lard Bamford says about costs on EV's and the response to Elon Musk.

I put a link on "the Hydrogen Thread" to your post Stu, which I set up to gather all things hydrogen as it is relevant there.

Must admit when I saw Bamford mentioned I thought immediately of vested interest, Another wing of the family run Wright bus over in NI, and are pretty decent grant getters, and heavily into the production and development of buses that run on H2.

I will give it a watch with an open mind as ever Different problems to solve so different solutions may well be valid.

Regards Neil

[Gibbo2286]

So nice to see a knowledgeable company head talking sense instead of the media pundits waffling on about stuff they've only a fleeting idea of.

My only adverse comment is I wish the presenter could do it without waving his arms about like a demented windmill.

[bobins]

Harry, of Harry's Garage and Harry's Farm youtubes actually makes some very interesting videos and is clearly passionate about what he does. He made an interesting one about how he thinks the ban on ICE cars will affect the classic car market. It has some interesting figures about just how 'dirty' the manufacture of some BEV cars can be. As always, the argument about ICE vs BEV vehicles isn't black and white and is actually quite nuanced.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Hydrogen Combustion Engines and a very arm waving american presenter, have had an airing on the HYdrogen thread.
BMW gave them up, Toyota still dabble but not to any great extent, and they have a major efficiency and NOx emission disadvantage. That's not to say they wont do a job for Bamford and his diggers, but I wouldnt anticipate green hydrogen being cheap.

Link
viewtopic.php?p=694565#p694565

And Cummins up at Darlington have recently been given a wadge of Cash..also to investigate Hydrogen Engines for heavy transport.

viewtopic.php?p=694561#p694561

REgards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

What's the motor that powers the fastest electric vehicle in the world?
Its a YASA

https://www.yasa.com/technology/

YASA’s headquarters and 100,000 sq. ft. production facility is located in Oxford – the UK’s leading automotive heartland. We also have a second R&D facility in Welshpool.

Axial-flux: efficiency in motion

The core advantage of an axial-flux motor is that the spinning rotor has a larger diameter, because it turns alongside the stator, rather than inside it. Torque equates to force multiplied by radius. With an axial-flux design there’s a larger radius than in a conventional radial motor, you get more torque for the same force. This means for the same permanent magnet and copper winding provision, you get more torque. This aspect of axial-flux motor design typically delivers a 30% torque density advantage over a conventional radial motor.

However, the YASA motor topology also removes the stator yoke, which reduces the stator iron mass by up to 80%. This innovation provides more than 30% power density advantage and a 5% range benefit over the radial electric motors on which most of today’s first generation mass-market EV’s depend.

Uniquely, our axial-flux electric motors feature a proprietary ‘Yokeless And Segmented Armature’ (which, incidentally, is where we get the name YASA). YASA’s armature windings consist of separate segments ideally suited to mass manufacture with minimal application engineering.

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Just to let everyone else feel inadequate as I do now having watched the genius at work!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

I remember you posting up this on "On your Bike" Mick introducing us to Allen.

https://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/ ... 72#p656072

That was fantastic and he has a nice style in his vids, even down to the wildlife and the baking! but the sort of things he does you would have thought it impossible. I see he has something in common with me, from an "At home interview on you tube". He started his motorcycling off at 17 with a Honda CD 175! ( interestingly he moved on to a CX500) as confessed here (starts at his quote)





REgards Neil

[Dormouse]

Yet again you have come up with a brilliant set of videos for me to binge on. Allen Millyard is astounding and so matter of fact. The mountain bike is fabulous! The Viper V10 motorcycle is unreal!

[Dormouse]

Watched the latest Millyard vlog on building one off crankshafts. The man is a Tool Room genius with a sense of humour and a tame squirrel to boot!

[myglaren]

A different kind of engine - a can opening engine.
Despite being American he is tolerable and has some interesting thoughts, not necessarily limited to can openers.



Also, I didn't know where else to land it.

[Gibbo2286]

So nice to see someone, especially an American who doesn't have to shout or play loud music on a video. I liked that. Interesting too.

[white exec]

I'm amazed he didn't mention the well-known Magican opener, which also removes the entire top lid and seam, doesn't drop it, and is clean and rapid to use.
We have two of these (for some reason) and both have worked faultlessly for 20 years+.
They can also remove the bottom metal base from a Pringles tube, so tidily separating the packaging into metal, card and plastic for recycling.
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[mickthemaverick]

All these mod cons are very nice for the culinary experts but lets face it there is only one way for us petrol heads to open a can:

Spoiler: show

thereby maximising the chances of cutting your fingers and soldiering on in the true petrol head fashion while poisoning the contents and generating the maximum mess for the job!!

[myglaren]

I have a Magican too. Doesn't always work so have a cheap AldiLidl one too, looks like a medieval torture instrument.
The Magican ones don't last long, about five years, which may seem a long time but it is only used about 10 times a year, don't use much canned food.

[white exec]

Could this whole sub-thread just be someone's idea of a wind up?