{"id":380,"date":"2021-12-08T00:52:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T11:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stclairtech.tech\/grassrootsmechanicmovement\/?p=380"},"modified":"2021-12-08T00:52:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T11:52:26","slug":"pie-x-gets-a-new-name-the-trammel-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stclairtech.tech\/grassrootsmechanicmovement\/reactionless-propulsion\/pie-x-gets-a-new-name-the-trammel-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"PIE X Gets a New Name – “The Trammel Engine”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November was a very busy month for Stclairtech R&D, and for the PIE X project! \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So much has been accomplished with the PIE X project it is mind boggling!!! The \u201cbackfire\u201d issue has been resolved and there have been some very successful tests completed running with the electric motor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the highlights are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cbackfire\u201d problem is now well controlled with a minor design workaround. Future builds will take these backfire control requirements into account so that \u201cworkarounds\u201d will be unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PIE X has earned itself a name of its own and is now known as the \u201cTrammel Engine\u201d. It is a name which is both literal and figurative. Literal because it has internals which resemble the operation of an ellipsograph, or \u201cTrammel of Archimedes\u201d, and is a figurative tongue-in-cheek reference to the same machine\u2019s moniker of being a \u201cdo-nothing machine\u201d since its purpose seemed nonsensical for the most part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The Trammel Engine (T-Engine or TE for short) is now running well enough to perform some rudimentary testing which has demonstrated true linear thrust. It has been measured thrusting upward with a weight scale with an averaged thrust of .7 lbs. and peaks ten-times that amount running at input speeds of no more than 350 RPM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike the earlier PIE systems based on Thornson technology the T-Engine does not seem to have a low-speed limitation, and it is creating more thrust as RPMs increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few shareable facts (so far):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1- The TE has externally driven mechanical components which are driven via the electric motor(s) and cause overall rotation along with internal rotating components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2- There are 3 major rotating component assemblies consisting of metal parts using ball-bearings for friction reduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3- Some of the pieces of the internal assemblies can be labeled with names resembling those of internal combustion engines. Pistons, connecting rods, camshaft-like parts, and flywheels are just some of those named components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overly simplistically stated, it uses something very similar in function to a lever pulling a load which is allowed to move past apex and \u201csnap over center\u201d. This over center, snapping, rotating assembly is moving masses, accelerating, decelerating, and recovering them 4 times per disc rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The internal timing of these components, and the use of a \u201ccamshaft-like\u201d sub-assembly is of utmost importance to eliminating the backfire issue!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are several videos available on YouTube and BitChute, the latest of them (at this writing) is a 2-part set called \u201cTrammel Engine Works Part 1\u201d and \u201c\u2026Part 2\u201d. Part one shows the test rig, and part two shows a \u201csuccessful\u201d test which ended abruptly when the fuse blew. It turned out that the fuse blew because one of the \u201cconnecting rods\u201d broke. Here are those videos below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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