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Combustion engine
Fuel becomes work
Comes after #1 Steam engine
Build the real thing
Buy
Haynes / Machine Works clear engine kit
Build the see-through engine kit (sold as Haynes, now also as Machine Works). A small electric motor turns the crankshaft so you can watch the intake, compression, power and exhaust strokes, with lights standing in for the spark.
- Haynes (Machine Works)
- Cost
- $$ · $25–$100
- Time
- A few sessions
- Screens
- No screen needed
For the grown-up
The Haynes kit is a motorized see-through model, not a running engine: no fuel and no flame. Running a real engine is out of scope.
Build it in bricks
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Step-by-step brick booklets land one model at a time, starting with the Starter Five.
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