STEM Education with Ten80, NASCAR(R), SolidWorks and Fun
Many students design cars – all types of cars, but how many teams design the actual sustainable power source? Student from the RC Lions team at R.L. Turner High (M.E.T.S.A) in Carrollton, TX presented the wind turbine they designed
... ContinuedW16 Engine: The First Animation
In this post about the W16 Engine I will create a partial assembly and make the parts presented thus far look and move like an engine. As usual, this build will be thoroughly detailed.
Download Block-Crankshaft-Pistons
See detailed explanations in the extended entry at the end of the post.
Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will include the complex Camcase part.
George Bucsan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Aerospace Engineering, 2014
... ContinuedFormula SAE Michigan – Day 4 – For the Love of Engineering
After a heavy thunderstorm, the temperature has dropped. Drivers had to make a gambling tire decision for a wet or a dry track. I continue to find the love of engineering today, first I met the Northwestern team waiting in
... ContinuedFormula SAE Michigan – Day 3 – For the Love of Engineering
Last night the team had dinner at a Jackson restaurant and were greated by thankful cheers from the University of Akron for their SolidWorks sponsorship. We truly considers ourselves fortunate to meet such passionate young engineers. Today we also met members
... ContinuedFormula SAE Michigan – Day 2 – For the Love of Engineering
So it's day 2 of FSAE Michigan and the weatherman predicted rain – except it turned out to be 85F (30C). Dressing in a suit and tie for the design presentation or a fire resistant driving suit for the dynamic
... ContinuedF1inSchools drives success for STEM education
Sometimes you just have a good today. That was today in Michigan at the US F1inSchools finals at Formula SAE. I met Team Raptor, Kelly, Sabine, Anna, and Claire. These girls, now in East Cobb Middle School, Marietta Georgia have been using SolidWorks
... ContinuedComplete Telecaster Guitar Neck in SolidWorks
This is the completed neck to the guitar. The mounting of the fret wire was by far the most difficult part, and it is still not perfect. The entire assembly is posted below, with all of its parts. I am
... ContinuedFinal Trumpet Assembly
Here is my final trumpet assembly. I got the valves to match up and move like they should be able to. However, I could not figure out how to compress the springs as they would in real life. There
... ContinuedMotor W16: Vilbrochenul
The English posting of this blog is located here
In a 4-a parte a seriei despre motorul W16 voi prezenta vilbrochenul si voi explica detaliat constructia lui.
Explicatiile detaliate despre constructia blocului pot fi gasite in “extended entry” la sfarsitul postarii.
Va multumesc pentru ca ati citit despre aceasta constructie. Continuati sa cititi urmatoarele postari ce vor include ansamblul Block-Crankshaft-Pistons (bloc-arbore cotit-pistoane) si animarea lui.
George Bucsan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Aerospace Engineering, 2014
... ContinuedW16 Engine: The Crankshaft
In this fourth post about the W16 Engine I will introduce the Crankshaft and detail its build.
See detailed explanation in the extended entry at the end of the post.
Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will include the Block-Crankshaft-Pistons assembly and its animation.
George Bucsan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Aerospace Engineering, 2014
... ContinuedMain Trumpet Body With Slides
For this post I have added the tuning slides as well as a mouth piece to the main trumpet body. I did make some changes to main trumpet body in the process. Up next are the three valves; this
... ContinuedSolidWorks Green Design Contest for You and Your Students
Announcement: SolidWorks launches the SolidWorks Green Design Contest Click here for details. Empower you students to make the right decisions in their designs. You and your students can participate and win prizes. Commercial customers can enter too. As I sat in an airport
... ContinuedTelecaster Guitar Neck in SolidWorks
This is the neck to the guitar. I also re-uploaded the body, as I changed the size of the neck mounting holes. Now this is starting to look more like a guitar! I wonder how I’m going to put
... ContinuedMotor W16: Blocul
The English posting of this blog is located here.
In a 3-a parte a seriei despre motorul W16 voi prezenta blocul motor si voi explica detaliat constructia lui.
Explicatiile detaliate despre constructia blocului pot fi gasite in “extended entry” de la sfarsitul postarii.
Va multumesc pentru ca ati citit despre aceasta constructie. Continuati sa cititi urmatoarele postari ce vor include arborele cotit si rationamentul matematic folosit in constructia lui.
George Bucsan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Aerospace Engineering, 2014
... ContinuedTexas A&M SAE Aero Design Team Flies with SolidWorks
I first met members of the Texas A&M SAE Aero Design team when they displayed their plane at SolidWorks World 2011. So what is SAE Aero Design? You think of SAE for Formula, Baja, Hybrid – cars. But there is
... Continued