Air Engine

I am a Technology education teacher in Green Bay Wi. This is an engineering project I came up with to be done with a group of kids afterschool. Students are taught the fundamentals of designing with solid works. They then divide the work up, and work in teams of two to develop cylinder, piston flywheel, and supports with in parameters set up by the teacher. Students can finish their designs and assemble the parts in solidworks as a group. ( there is a fair amount of reworking/ problem solving at this phase). Once the designs are reworked approved the students save them as stl files and print all the parts. The can assemble the engine fitting parts and lubricating. Then its test time! Which then again leads back to problem solving and reworking some parts. Some instances frustration but hey that’s why they call it a prototype! If it’s easy you’re not learning! (In this case we Reworked the cylinder 3 times and its support twice) This is a great way to take students though the design pro