Today as I was about to do some running an idea came to me: a mobile mechanical alula (a feather on a bird's wing for aerodynamic purposes). It would use an inflatable tube to extend and retract. Later, as I was writing this idea down, I thought I could use a piezoelectric actuator instead of an inflatable tube. This would take up less space and use less energy.
After a few minutes, I thought of a mechanical bird wing that was made up of a main spar with artificial alula embedded and artificial "feathers" surrounding it. the feathers would also be moved by piezoelectric actuators.
To be continued...(I have a painful plastic cut [like a paper cut])
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Jet engine
Recently I invented a new type of jet engine. It has a wide intake at the front, a compressor cone, hydrogen injectors after that, electric fan blades and a nozzle.
How it works:
1. Air is pulled into the engine by the fan blades. During this part, the engine works like a normal jet.
2. Once the air reaches a certain speed, the compressor cone causes a shockwave in the airflow, compressing air further and eliminating the need for any fan blades.
Up next: Tilt rotor aircraft
How it works:
1. Air is pulled into the engine by the fan blades. During this part, the engine works like a normal jet.
2. Once the air reaches a certain speed, the compressor cone causes a shockwave in the airflow, compressing air further and eliminating the need for any fan blades.
Up next: Tilt rotor aircraft
Todays news
The breaking news today is Dilong paradoxus' striking lack of imagination in respect to blogging (he invented a tilt-rotor aircraft and a new type of jet engine recently, however). Next at 4:30: Walking with dinosaurs!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Sorry for the absence...
Sorry for not writing very much...I just haven't bothered to blog recently.
I'm drawing many new Dinosaurs, such as Velociraptor, Oviraptor, and Daspletosaurus.
My life is going well currently...now I have nothing else to say.
-from the mildly eccentric Dilong paradoxus
I'm drawing many new Dinosaurs, such as Velociraptor, Oviraptor, and Daspletosaurus.
My life is going well currently...now I have nothing else to say.
-from the mildly eccentric Dilong paradoxus
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Desktop/sketches
Baryonyx desktop by ~Dilong-paradoxus on deviantART
By the way, I've started sketching some stuff (dinosaurs, sea reptiles)...the sketches turn out pretty good!
