Balloon Powered Turbine 3D Printer Model
The file 'Balloon Powered Turbine 3D Printer Model' is (blend,stl) file type, size is 1.1MB.
The file 'Balloon Powered Turbine 3D Printer Model' is (blend,stl) file type, size is 1.1MB.
This was an idea I had when fiddling with the balloon car. I spent the day thinking about how to make it instead of going out to buy new balloons, so I haven't actually tested it with a good balloon, but sticking a straw in the inlet and blowing spins it up pretty fast and makes a cool turbo whistle sound.
UPDATE: I actually bought new balloons! 12" "helium-quality" party balloons. They spin the turbine, but they have larger necks so you have to hold the balloon in place and there is some leakage. I'm working on a version 2 with a larger inlet, as well as a larger diameter output shaft.
UPDATE 2: Version 2 is here, and you can see it work! http://youtu.be/8Q6svYMZowU
It only runs for about 3 seconds, I'm assuming that's because I opened the inlet up? Maybe because I don't want to pop a balloon this late at night again. Sounds cool, though.
| turbine1.blend | 2.1MB | |
| turbine1.stl | 175.8KB | |
| turbine2_repaired.stl | 828.4KB | |
| turbineclip.stl | 12.8KB | |
| turbineclip2.stl | 63.8KB | |
| turbinehousing2_repaired.stl | 973.4KB | |
| turbinehousing_repaired.stl | 962.3KB | |
| turbinepin.stl | 103.1KB | |
| turbinepin2.stl | 103.1KB |
