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Show HN: A stop-motion video of an engine
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#102Very cool. It's amazing how complex the combustion engine seems, especially compared to an electric motor. No wonder cars have a limited lifetime of typically some 150-200k miles.
It's going to be really interesting to our purchasing and maintenance patterns for EVs.
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#103The raw complexity here is astounding. Something something electric motors are far simpler. ;)
You know what I discovered doing this! It looks more complex but there's not much chemistry or invisible magic here. It's all pieces of shaped metal that fit together and move when a piston is pushed down. In an electric car you've got chemistry that you can't see or feel, magnetic fields that are invisible and electron flow that is hidden.
It stresses me out, I imagine being left with a few dozen spare pieces at the end.
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#104Very nice; and playful. How some of it is done is not obvious, like the pistons "taking off" out of the cylinders without the support mechanism for taking the shots being obvious.
Nice tip of the hat to Luxo Jr. at the end there.
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#105And the first thing i thought when seeing this: and thats why electric motor is the future.
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#106nice ad. however, the tech side doesn't seem to have received as much love.
#1 PayPal returned me to an invalid URL after finishing the payment
#2 I've paid & logged in, nevertheless the website still shows me links to "buy the course".
Re: Show HN: A stop-motion video of an engine
#107The raw complexity here is astounding. Something something electric motors are far simpler. ;)
You know what I discovered doing this! It looks more complex but there's not much chemistry or invisible magic here. It's all pieces of shaped metal that fit together and move when a piston is pushed down. In an electric car you've got chemistry that you can't see or feel, magnetic fields that are invisible and electron flow that is hidden.
Id say electric car is subset of internal combustion, as you also have battery and generator to run that conbustion engine ;)
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#108Fantastic video, and timely -- just spent a few days cursing at a Mazda Z5 engine (in a 97 Protege) myself!
Really, it's a pretty great engine, but with 233k miles a little grumpy.
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#109Very cool video! Purchased. I'm really interested in seeing where you go with the 3D modeling. As a coder/DIY mechanic (one of many I'm sure), I'm pretty psyched by how this tech could be used. I also want to say that I appreciate your price point. I think it's at a good point where it might be less than the potential value of the product, but attracts those who would otherwise dropout of purchase or seek other means…
this is cool but i had to leave part way through the main video. it gives me anxiety thinking about getting all those parts back together without loosing a screw or messing something up.
Right. As someone who has torn apart an engine before I was constantly thinking "where are those parts going?" "Are they just throwing them on the floor?"
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#110nice ad. however, the tech side doesn't seem to have received as much love. #1 PayPal returned me to an invalid URL after finishing the payment #2 I've paid & logged in, nevertheless the website still shows me links to "buy the course".
Sorry to hear this - when you say the website shows you links, do you mean the app? There is a bug that I'm aware of that is pending submission for approval to Apple. I will check the Paypal return right now. Feel free to email me - info@howacarworks.com but I'll find your order and get onto you right now.