The Hula-Hula Air Engine with Custom Flywheel

This is my final project for the year in Mechanical Engineering 172. It's called the "Hula-Hula Air Engine". The above is a video of how the real engine works. We built every one of the parts in groups of four in our class in less than a week. The previous two posts show pictures of assembled and exploded views with my custom designed flywheel. I am pretty happy with my progress in this class. Our teacher recently went to a conference in Florida for engineering companies and educators to see the latest in engineering programs. After seeing presentations from engineering professors from Purdue and other elite schools our professor proudly returned to tell us that the students in our class are more advanced in engineering design programs than any other students in the world at our level of education. The fact that we were able to model this engine, assemble it and provide engineering drawings for each part shown is a great success. I love the engineering program and can't wait to apply for the program after this semester!