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scrapheap challange help/ idears
wheeler:
no its slightly changed now we have 4 weeks to build it
new presenter to
they come and film us at work etc and 6 teams compete
lee celtic:
This is a turbine from the local power station in llanberis my mate works there and says that a thin powerful jet of water hitting the ridge in the centre of the two cups is somthing like 30 times more powerful that a flat blade , If you can imagine a scaled down version with a wheel on each end then thats your rear axle :D
Combine that with a motor to a hydrolic pump and a big tank of water and bingo...
wheeler:
that was roughly what i was thinking
big engine big pump runnina a turbine the only thing is
i want to use the least amount of water as weight i think will becom an issue
and they only give us 150 pound to play with any thing else it comes out of my pocket
stuvy:
my mate was on there he built the wheelie-ing reliant rialtos and also built his on moster truck based 'loosely' and i mean that! on a 110 pick up
www.monster-events.co.uk/Homepage.htm
oz who built welds ally like the most gifted steel welder an honour to watch and work with him
lee celtic:
thats the beauty of this twin cup thingy you only need a jet of water about 5mm round to hit the ridge .
the water wheel in the vid was replaced by a cupped wheel 4 feet in diameter :shock: and the cupped one pumps out more power...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-fJl0t5kwc
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