Group Meeting 2

After having a 2nd group meeting, it has been agreed that an engine would be the most practical exhibit to create.

This is because we believe it to the the most interesting compared to the pumps, telephones, radios and other exhibits.

We believe that with the engine, it won't limit us on how creative we can be.

Not only can we present an engine in three dimensional form, but we believe it can also be made interesting to explain how the engine works.

With the use of sound, speech and animation we believe it possible to create an engine.

The group discussed the benefits of producing a 4 stroke engine as well as a 2 stroke engine.
In the end it was decided to go for the 2 stroke. The problem with the 4 stroke is there are far too many parts within the engine that are unseen, so to produce an unfamiliar product would seem senceless.

Thanks to the museum offering a demonstration 2 stroke engine, it allowed group members to take apart and rebuild a basic 2 stroke engine from scratch. This meant that certain group members were familiar with was made such an engine.



The group then discussed what elements would need to be created in order to reproduce the 2 stroke engine, they were:

- Engine casing
- Spark Plug
- Fan
- Pistons
- Animation of Pistons/Fan
- Simulation of firing order

Once created the group would then have to look into produce:

- Textures
- Lighting
- Camera work
- Animation

I believe that the group has a very strong idea for what they want to achieve from this project.

We aim to have a meeting on Friday 16th October where we aim to get dimensions so that each group member can produce their part of the engine so it fits with the others. Once the ratios have been setup it will be time to delegate the tasks.