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The Scariest Fan ever attached to a computer

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The VF-390 Nacelle is a massive full carbon fiber fan that is designed for small aircraft... but can it cool a computer?

 

Check out Vasy Fan:

https://www.vasyfan.com/

https://youtube.com/@vasyx1.

 

Check out Masina Electrica, who designed the motor and controller:

https://www.masinaelectrica.com/

https://youtube.com/@iulian207

 

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Relevant. This is the entire workshop.

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Again proof that you guys need someone with industrial electrical or process control and automation experience either on your team or contactable.

 

 

Instead of the fire hazard, you could have rented for the day a drop in diesel generator with a three phase board.

 

 

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That "transformer" made me giggle... so cute and yanky that North American power....

 

Elsewhere most workshops of that size would have (potential) power to just run it of the wall (3x100A at 230/400V), but that would also have killed half of the content....

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Wow, Linus making me awfully anxious with his propensity to get (his face) directly behind it.  Imagine that could be multiplied by 10 for Alex, Kyle, and the rest of the crew on hand.  Good job strapping things down and not having loose items around!

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51 minutes ago, AlexTheGreatish said:

The VF-390 Nacelle is a massive full carbon fiber fan that is designed for small aircraft... but can it cool a computer?

 

Check out Vasy Fan:

https://www.vasyfan.com/

https://youtube.com/@vasyx1.

 

Check out Masina Electrica, who designed the motor and controller:

https://www.masinaelectrica.com/

https://youtube.com/@iulian207

 

Buy an Intel Core i9-11900K CPU: https://geni.us/JAAs

Buy an ASUS ROG Strix RTX 2070 Super Graphics Card: https://geni.us/HOWV34I

Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.

 

 

 

Alex, you should try it with the Noctua Passive Cooler.

I suspect the wider spaced fins would actually let more air through helping cooling.

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After mentioning Chevrolet Volt battery pack, I thought for a second they'll take a Chevrolet Volt from the staff car park (assuming there's one) to power the fan. 

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2 minutes ago, Abraxaz said:

Again proof that you guys need someone with industrial electrical or process control and automation experience either on your team or contactable.

pretty sure they have at least one of those.

2 minutes ago, Abraxaz said:

Instead of the fire hazard, you could have rented for the day a drop in diesel generator with a three phase board.

a diesel generator still requires you to make that into high voltage DC somehow, returning to the same problem but in a different form.

 

if it's about how this could be done 'safer', just a pile of car batteries can gladly do 200A, and you just stack in series until you have the desired voltage. but i presume the lipo batteries were chosen for a multitude of reasons:

- lipo batteries are the way to go for RC stuff (although for this scale, i assume they use FAR bigger stuff, because runtime)

- lipo packs like these can take quite the load for their size, i'm guessing the origin of the smoke they mention is more likely to be a sub-optimal connection, rather than the lipo itself, if it were the lipo they'd be swelling up.

- it's quite a lot easier to manage than lead-acid, and more "interesting" on camera than just running a cable out to a generator (that cant be in shot)

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12 minutes ago, Omega Blurz said:

noticed that too, made me laugh a fair bit.

I think the Spidey mask was more about his reflexes and agility while filming. 

 

7 minutes ago, Redicat said:

Unfortunately no graphs or benchmarks???? WTF was the temperature of the CPU and GPU???

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They showed it on the computers own screen a few times.  The computer was able to draw tons of power but not throttle.  

I'd say they level it up by taking a computer to this beach, and seeing what the thermals are here. 

The air can't be that hot so far behind the plane can it?

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2 minutes ago, Uttamattamakin said:

They showed it on the computers own screen a few times.  The computer was able to draw tons of power but not throttle.  

Timestamps?? i legit won't watch the full video sorry about that i just want the times

 

 
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2 hours ago, Abraxaz said:

Again proof that you guys need someone with industrial electrical or process control and automation experience either on your team or contactable.

 

 

Instead of the fire hazard, you could have rented for the day a drop in diesel generator with a three phase board.

 

 

electrical engineering knowledge is their least concern, when the company owner just holds his face at an exhaust capable of beheading him just for the lulz and clicks. 

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6 minutes ago, RingaDingDingDong said:

electrical engineering knowledge is their least concern, when the company owner just holds his face at an exhaust capable of beheading him just for the lulz and clicks. 

Not to mention the real chance that a hand too close to the front could lead to what they call "ingestion".  With Jets this year there have been a couple instances of ramp agents being ingested into commercial turbofan engines. 

 

21 minutes ago, Redicat said:

Timestamps?? i legit won't watch the full video sorry about that i just want the times

About 14 minutes in.  Grab the button and scrub through it.  It's not hard 🙂 

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60KG payload can fly with that fan?

So build a small computer that flies!

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Now what you gotta do is attach two of those bad boys on both sides of the case to get that max airflow,

 

 

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16 minutes ago, Uttamattamakin said:

Not to mention the real chance that a hand too close to the front could lead to what they call "ingestion".  With Jets this year there have been a couple instances of ramp agents being ingested into commercial turbofan engines. 

 

About 14 minutes in.  Grab the button and scrub through it.  It's not hard 🙂 

Grabbing the button and swiping it gives me very low quality footage for some reason so it's unusable for me

 

 
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13 minutes ago, ToboRobot said:

60KG payload can fly with that fan?

So build a small computer that flies!

Ultimate max airflow.  Attach the computer to the outside of an airplane. 

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I really hope we see this fan again. They mentioned the fan wasn't great at creating static pressure so I thought they were just going to open the side panel and blast it from a "reasonable" distance. Maybe next time

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Sweet fan.

 

Now try this 370 kW one.

This is real airflow.

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Greentecauto is spendy! less expensive options for the USA, not sure if will ship to Canada; 

https://www.besthybridbatteries.com/categories/hybrid-batteries-by-make/chevrolet/chevy-volt $5700 + install 
https://acehybridgroup.com/product/2010-2019-chevy-volt-hybrid-battery/ $4000
https://enerz.us/products/2013-che3vy-volt-hybrid-battery $3K

Or online car parts auctions.

There is a strong DIY community for the Chevy Volt packs so you can learn to safely use them. 

 

Remember when they over-revved the gas-engine water pump towards the end? Safety first

 

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