Martial arts, nutrition, fitness, aerodynamics, cars, engineering, nothing that would make me fun at parties.
Youd be a hoot at my parties. Although no one ever shows up at my parties
He goes very in depth on his build, I love it. I was thinking of playing around with air foils when I get my 3d printer. Are there any resources you could recommend? Any entertaining YouTube channels?
Taking the risk to do this is crazy, it's awesome that people like this exist.
For aerodynamics? Really nothing but trial and error. Learning the basics helps but it's only through experience that things start becoming intuitive. If you have a 3d printer and can score some kind of manometer or pitot tube. Make parts for your car and measure their effect. The biggest influence comes from the turbulent recirculation at the back of the car. It basically slows the airflow traveling under the car.
Julian Edgar has an interesting YouTube channel, along with books he's published.
Agent Jay Z has a good channel if you want to learn about jet engines.
Major Hardware has the fan showdown, where you can submit fan designs and he tests them to see how well they perform.
I'm always down to talk and bounce ideas around as well.
Thanks. I watch some of the mechanical showdown episodes and someone already stole my idea of modeling the fan after a jet compressor blade. Alternatively I was thinking of modeling it after a STOL wing. The idea being that it is more in line with the slow speeds. I figure lift is the product of redirecting air flow so maximizing lift should maximize airflow.
The problem with spinning blades is that they fling the air outwards. So I was thinking a forward swept spiral profile based on a compound STOL wing might be the ticket. What do you think?
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