Thread: Simple animation to explain complex principles

Simple animation to explain complex principles

1, aircraft radial engine



2, oval Regulation





3, sewing machines



4, Malta Cross movement - second hand movement used to control the clock



5, auto change file mechanism



6, auto constant velocity universal joint



7 rotary engine - an internal combustion engine, the heat rather than the piston movement into rotary movement





# Via World Of Technology. HowStuffWorks see from the attached three car engine diagram:

1, inline engine - it's cylinders lined up side by side



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Simple animation to explain complex principles - Electronics

1911 Pistol on Action:

The sewing machine animation is easier to follow when the two threads have different colours






Paintball gun






Time lapse portrait



Steam locomotive (flash, click to view)


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another u-joint

Wow.Cool stuff.:)

Originally Posted by medhat6000

1, inline engine - it's cylinders lined up side by side

that is actually a boxer engine, not a typical inline 4. as far as i'm aware, boxer engines come in porches and subarus, also, way back then, they used to put this into vw beetles/bugs or whatever you want to call them.

I hust wanted to say this is so so cool!
The other day I tried to explain to a younger guy how a CV joint worked on a car, The diagram is awesome!

Keep em coming

EDIT:
Imagine is right, that is a boxer engine, inline 4 is 4 cylinders side b side, vertically inside the engine

I'm trying to find some decent animations of 2 stroke and 4 stroke engines. 2 stroke is really something to see.

4 stroke: Intake, Compression, Combustion Exhaust (I was always told suck, squeeze, bang, blow :))


2 stroke: Intake and exhaust happens on the same stroke, as does compression (under the piston) and combustion (above the piston). These overlapping functions gives you the need for 2 strokes of the piston and not four. (Ignore the exhaust pipe, its just showing how a performance exhaust works by forcing the lost fuel/air mixture back into the chamber, giving better compression)

I guess there's no hope of me ever understanding sewing machines

Great finds though guys/gals!

Pretty much anything engine-related can be found here: Animated Engines

Adjustable speed on the animations, too. Neato