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    From a tiny, steel Stirling to a dry-ice-powered turboprop, YouTuber Al Zh has long had a knack for miniature modeling. But his latest creation – a working V6 engine made of of paper – is a thing of beauty. Purr baby, purr.

    Using a simple, fan-like mechanism to feed compressed air to the cylinders, the model is powered by nothing more than a balloon and some breath. It took about two weeks to put together, and it’s not hard to see why. “When I have an inspiration, I can spend all my free time on modeling,” says Zh. The crankshaft itself is made of a paper axis and cardboard knees, all folded by hand, and bounded together with superglue.

    The response from viewers can be summarized by Reddit user Kittendorf’s comment: “Please, for the love of all things you hold sacred, we beg of you, share the plans with us.” But despite the outcry, our master modeler is keeping things under wraps for now. He has, however, uploaded a GIF illustrating the air distribution mechanism for all to see:



    “Pattern creation takes quite a lot of time,” he explains. “And unfortunately I don’t have it right now. I can’t say this was easy to make, but as you can see it is possible. You need quite a lot of patience, and be prepared to rebuild it from scratch.”

    If you want to take a stab at something a bit easier, you can find instructions for one of ZH’s simpler engines here. Just please, sweet mother of Darwin, watch out for the hellspawn that are paper cuts.
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    Now I just need to make it big enough to fit in my car....
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    Quote Originally Posted by MalicE View Post




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    Now I just need to make it big enough to fit in my car....


    the gif you posted is of a rotary engine not a v6

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dohc-WP View Post


    the gif you posted is of a rotary engine not a v6
    yeah I noticed that too, but who am I to argue with the paper engineer

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    Quote Originally Posted by MalicE View Post




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    Now I just need to make it big enough to fit in my car....
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    the gif you posted is of a rotary engine not a v6
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    yeah I noticed that too, but who am I to argue with the paper engineer
    "He has, however, uploaded a GIF illustrating the air distribution mechanism for all to see" that is the key to the GIF...that is definitely a V6 engine built from paper

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    Quote Originally Posted by PsychoFish View Post
    "He has, however, uploaded a GIF illustrating the air distribution mechanism for all to see" that is the key to the GIF...that is definitely a V6 engine built from paper
    Psycho is right [MENTION=82]Dohc-WP[/MENTION]. THIS is what a rotary engine looks like


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    Quote Originally Posted by MalicE View Post
    Psycho is right [MENTION=82]Dohc-WP[/MENTION]. THIS is what a rotary engine looks like

    Of course I'm right :-) fiddling with engines is one of my many pastimes...plus I hate being wrong...and I love reading every sentence in every paragraph at least twice, just to be sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MalicE View Post
    Psycho is right [MENTION=82]Dohc-WP[/MENTION]. THIS is what a rotary engine looks like

    ok, It just looked like a shitty animation of a rotary motor to me lol

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