1/ What is the vehicle with the gasoline engine that has wooden, moving, mechanical parts?
2/ What is the name of the Engineer on the blueprints of the car and engine that has the wooden, internal, moving, parts?
Any car buff person out there who has a history of this car/engine and who designed it and why they chose to use wooden parts inside an engine in the first place?
Thanks for your help on this one !
2006-10-28 04:44:53 · 7 answers · asked by cowgurl_bareback 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
There is only one vehicle with a moving wooden part - the original
Volkswagen had push rods made of wood. There was a coating of aluminum over the wood to protect it from the elements. This was in place up to about 1953, when the standard 36 Horsepower engine was upgraded to to the 40. The pushrods were changed at that point since the wooden push rods were keyed so that they would not rotate. This caused them to wear more rapidly than the newer version, which had a larger surface area, and are offset, so that the rotation spins the pushrods, giving a distributed wear pattern. The wooden parts are extremely light, and very strong ( think of Howard Hughes famous Spruce Goose, made of wood, and then, the largest aircraft ever made ).
The Volkswagen was made by Ferdinand PORSCHE ( yes, 'that' Porsche - the prestigeous sportscar ). Porsche first designed the concept in 1930, started a prototype in 1931 for a motorcycle company, and eventually built production vehicles for Adolf Hilter.
2006-11-03 11:08:19 · answer #1 · answered by ahddub316 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ceramic parts maybe, wooden parts would not withstand the temperature or friction generated by the enginej ust idling,they would disintegrate
2006-10-29 09:42:06 · answer #2 · answered by drivingfast2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen a wooden model of a gas engine, but it is turned by an electric motor... see> http://steebar.com/Projects/engine.html
If you do find the REAL answer, please post it here!
2006-10-28 11:57:27 · answer #3 · answered by roscoedeadbeat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barney rubble in the Flinstones,Bedrock.
2006-10-28 11:53:22 · answer #4 · answered by grumpyoldman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of it. Interesting.
2006-10-28 11:47:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://steebar.com/Projects/engine.html this might not be it but it sure is a wierd one
2006-10-28 11:55:38 · answer #6 · answered by raudidave 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://home.earthlink.net/~laust/images/tram4.JPG
http://home.earthlink.net/~laust/images/tram2.JPG
2006-10-28 12:13:15 · answer #7 · answered by gdwrnch40 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋