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Practical Applications Period 5 Week 1
John was not nervously pacing inside the Danger Room Shop, waiting for his students. All classes except the final race would be in here... and if he can get the damn shop to look less mauve, he'd be a happy camper.
"Okay, uh, take your workstations? Hi. I'm John Connor. I went to school here about two years ago, so I'm familiar with some of the craziness."
"This is Practical Applications. It's sort of a cross between a metal shop class and a small engines class. The final goal is to build a go kart for racing... and since there's only three on my roster, it's not going to be a big race. Specifically, you'll learn about engines, then design and welding, and then build the thing so you can race it without injury or explosions."
He started pacing. "So. Please tell me that y'all know what gasoline and engine oil are so I don't have to explain the whole 'take dinosaurs, cook at 350 degrees for a couple million years until crude' thing. I've got some handouts on how the whole thing works, but here's the basics."
"Okay. Basically, a gas engine, diesel engine, it's a series of controlled explosions, right? Introduce fuel and air into the cylinder, compress it with the piston, ignite it, and that explosion pushes the piston down, which spins the crank, which makes something useful. 's all an engine does, turn up and down explosion energy into rotational energy. Okay. I'm getting wordy, so I'm gonna cut this short." Short was relative.
"We're gonna be dealing with two stroke gas engines with side shafts. If you need help, refer to the handout for more info. Two stroke: Gas and oil are mixed together, and there's just two cycles to the thing. The up stroke, where the piston moves up and compresses the fuel and air, and the down stroke, where the explosion forces the thing down. So not dirty. Geez. What am I doing? Anyways. That's it. There's a collection of motors here on the work stations, stuff like weed whackers, chainsaw, old snowblower engine. Get familiar with them, learn where all the parts are. If you want to start getting dirty, go ahead. Next class we'll be going over breakdown and troubleshooting, stuff like how to change the spark plug, rebuild the carb, do a ring job and a valve job, check the electrical. Basically, how to turn a worn motor into something that'll work."
He paused for a moment. "Uh, if you want extra credit, do some research on some of the other engine types, like the Wankel or V-Twin or something and write up a 5 page paper on the history of it. Development. If you'd use it in a go cart, and if not, what vehicle it'd be."
"Not sure about office hours at the moment, so...maybe we'll just steal the shop for an extra hour? This is the last class of the day..."
Class Roster:
A.J.
Dib
Naomi Wildman
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"Okay, uh, take your workstations? Hi. I'm John Connor. I went to school here about two years ago, so I'm familiar with some of the craziness."
"This is Practical Applications. It's sort of a cross between a metal shop class and a small engines class. The final goal is to build a go kart for racing... and since there's only three on my roster, it's not going to be a big race. Specifically, you'll learn about engines, then design and welding, and then build the thing so you can race it without injury or explosions."
He started pacing. "So. Please tell me that y'all know what gasoline and engine oil are so I don't have to explain the whole 'take dinosaurs, cook at 350 degrees for a couple million years until crude' thing. I've got some handouts on how the whole thing works, but here's the basics."
"Okay. Basically, a gas engine, diesel engine, it's a series of controlled explosions, right? Introduce fuel and air into the cylinder, compress it with the piston, ignite it, and that explosion pushes the piston down, which spins the crank, which makes something useful. 's all an engine does, turn up and down explosion energy into rotational energy. Okay. I'm getting wordy, so I'm gonna cut this short." Short was relative.
"We're gonna be dealing with two stroke gas engines with side shafts. If you need help, refer to the handout for more info. Two stroke: Gas and oil are mixed together, and there's just two cycles to the thing. The up stroke, where the piston moves up and compresses the fuel and air, and the down stroke, where the explosion forces the thing down. So not dirty. Geez. What am I doing? Anyways. That's it. There's a collection of motors here on the work stations, stuff like weed whackers, chainsaw, old snowblower engine. Get familiar with them, learn where all the parts are. If you want to start getting dirty, go ahead. Next class we'll be going over breakdown and troubleshooting, stuff like how to change the spark plug, rebuild the carb, do a ring job and a valve job, check the electrical. Basically, how to turn a worn motor into something that'll work."
He paused for a moment. "Uh, if you want extra credit, do some research on some of the other engine types, like the Wankel or V-Twin or something and write up a 5 page paper on the history of it. Development. If you'd use it in a go cart, and if not, what vehicle it'd be."
"Not sure about office hours at the moment, so...maybe we'll just steal the shop for an extra hour? This is the last class of the day..."
Class Roster:
A.J.
Dib
Naomi Wildman
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He was totally joking. A kitten could probably beat him in a screwdriver fight. It would be a cinch for Naomi.
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livelearn small engines.Srsly, before the teal dear make off with him.