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