Interesting Complicated Mechanisms Explained in simple animations

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I came across this page before and found it interesting enough to share to the FF community.

I for one, have the mechanical knowledge of a lemon and therefore never really understood how a manual gearbox actually works.
There's some good animations, check it out .

www.gadgetswow.com/2010/08/complicated-mechanisms-explained-in-simple-animations/

 

[Shadeyman]

I've always been fascinated by the Wankel engine. A clever design that creates very little vibration and an unusual exhaust note.

 

[dronenrs]

I've always been fascinated by the Wankel engine. A clever design that creates very little vibration and an unusual exhaust note.

very easy to maintain as well. although have to be maintained often as the oil seals on the ends of the points tend to go after 30,000 miles. it is an amazing design

 

[bludvl_x19]

Horrible noise though, can't stand it.

 

[dronenrs]

really ?? i love the noise.. especially in real life having been in an Rx8

 

[bludvl_x19]

Really. Louder doesn't make them better, and theyre just a bit to tinny and raspy for my liking. I did want a series 1 RX-7 as my first car though, but changed my mind. Noise thing.

 

[T14086]

appalling fuel consumption

 

[sludgeguts]

Whilst the Wankel engine is a good design, another fault is that they are easy to flood, making them impossible to start.

 

[ben]

Gearbox one seems complicated - I'd rather see this ...

 

[dronenrs]

what the heck is that ?? some kind of production line and where does it start

 

[ben]

It's the internals of a FIAT ECU, duh

 

[Percyhahn]

someone must have taken hours to creat that, i like it though

 

[dronenrs]

aaaah yeah i see the happy little italian men at the bottom now. always thought that a fiat ECU would look like this though

 

[sledge]

Cyclo speed reducer.....




Popular in idustry owing to their relatively small size and abilty to transmit huge amounts of tourque. Also used for positioning the airbridges hard up against the planes at your local airport.