Machine Works: 4-Cylinder Hybrid Engine Replica Model Building Kit

Is your child obsessed with cars? Or maybe you want to pass on yourlove of motors and engines to your grandchild? Then the Machine Works 4-CylinderHybrid Electric Engine is the perfect kit for you to buildtogether.

Hybrid vehicles have been around since the early 1900s, but due to thehistorically cheap cost of fuel, they did not become widely popular until themid to late 1990s. The word “hybrid” means “made up of two separateparts,” and in the context of vehicles, it refers to a vehicle that is poweredby both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. This model is notmeant to be a copy of any particular prototype engine but is designed todemonstrate the broad concepts of a hybrid engine. The hybrid module connectedto the combustion engine doesn't ‘work’, but it uses fibre optic cables toshow how electricity flows to the power supply when the combustion engine isrunning and charging, as well as how the battery surges when the engine isrunning on a combination of combustion and electricity or just electricity.

The model is enjoyable to construct, and the kit includes all the toolsyou'll need as well as over 100 pieces to complete the operating model. Itcomes with its own simple, yet extensive, instruction manual featuring lots ofeasy-to-follow diagrams and illustrations. Each component is clearly identifiedand each step in the build sequence is shown in words & pictures. Finally,all 3 operating modes are domonstated: Normal/Eco/Elec­tric. Suitable forchildren above the age of ten. Adult supervision is advised.

Features:

• Model engine kits from Machine Works make excellent gifts!
• This functional model is the perfect activity for kids and adults to dotogether.
• This 100-piece kit for kids and adults is enjoyable to construct.
• Includes all of the tools you'll need to complete the operating model.
• This hybrid engine is a simplified illustration of a four-cylinder internalcombustion/hybrid system It illustrates the internal combustion andelectric-only functions of a conventional hybrid system.

3 x AA Batteries Required (Not Included)
Suitable for ages 10 & up