1918 The Tesla Hyperbolic Turbine - A New Invention?

I've seen this before. Harvard University patented it in 2024.

Very cool, I am looking forward to the experiments that are sure to come. In a world of non sense, you make a huge difference in my day to day life. Thanks Rob, cheers brother.

Been impressed ever since learning about Tesla's turbine (seem's like an improvising improvement). I can't keep up with U, every time I get ready 2 build something U "upstage" yourself! I' m still mucking about doing it with solar and steam, as I have lots of sun and water around here!!!

Your ability to turn ideas into real objects over such short timespans is quite impressive. 🙂 Does the shaft need a keyway to keep all the discs driving it efficiently?

the main thing is the low-pressure air flow. that is important if you want to make it for home use which is what I'm shooting for. when you enclose the turbine completely, you get a higher rpm. with the higher rpm, it starts sucking in more air, and higher rpms is the results. I'm working using air bearings instead of regular bearings. I don't have a 3-d printer so it takes a little while for each new stage. Thanks for the video.

I love your channel and love anything involved with Tesla. ❤❤ you've doubled it. Another great content. Thank you!

I was wondering how long it would take you to figure that one out. Now, magnetic bearings and a feedback system on the output and you have a combination of Tesla and Schauberger for the win.

I love watching your videos! As a mechanical engineer and tinkerer, i love to invent things and solve problems. So it is particularly enjoyable to watch you take simple concepts and prove (or disprove) them. I would like to comment about the Tesla turbine, however, and something you seem to overlook. Maybe you know, maybe you don’t? There is a design element of the TT that goes beyond blowing air over discs and having them spin. The design, with the outlet at the center, specifically creates a fight between the mass of air and pressure differential pushing the air toward the center outlet, and the centrifugal action driving the air away from the center, like a tug-of-war. At some point, the turbine goes “critical” when the energy level being trapped inside reaches crazy levels, and the turbine speed, and thus kinetic energy, goes off the charts. I’ve seen videos of TT’s made with music cd’s which go critical and suddenly hit five-figure speeds and the cd’s come apart. Would be interested to know if there is some way to channel the air into the turbine in a way that causes this effect?

A nozzle across the whole of the disc arrangement and someone else suggested the nozzle angled which I’m thinking is a good idea. So I’m afraid Robert you will still have to play about with angles a bit but this is really neat . Making moulds so the disc could be cast with your graphene reinforced casein plastic They done really well to give you their 3d printers you are certainly putting them to good use

Great Work Earthling Bless Up Star ❤

The principal of the Tesla turbine hinges on the surface tension of the fluid medium. Gases have a low surface tension and, as such, will provide little torque to the discs. Liquids offer a higher surface tension and therefore, transmit a higher torque to the discs.

Hello there, found your channel today. I must say that what you do is priceless. I thought of doing a turbine just like that months ago but I don't have the means of achieving what you just did. I'm trully amazed and binge watching all your videos 😂

I love the new twist of tesla's turbine! The one biggist factor in how well it works is taking into account the fluid you are using and spacing the platters based on the boundary layer behavior. Nikola built his for steam which is about two and a half millimeters, " I am a yank so I could be off a bit on that", but air is a lot less viscous, might want to see if a millimeter or less gap between your disk will increase your spin for you.

This is fantastic, Rob! However, now that you have that outer casing worked out, could you use it with a pack of flat disks and measure the rotational speed again for comparison? I guess to make all other factor equal, it should be the same number of disks too.

On the supply side have a large plenum so there's no nozzle arrangement at all, just some inlet guide vanes. The plenum is pressurized. In this way the pressurized air is more efficiently in contact with all the turbine surfaces as it flows to low pressure. The outlet has an exhaust pipe and a valve on the exhaust is the throttle.

It amazing what your hot air can do. Loving the great work.

What if, instead of directing all the air that passes through the turbine to only one side, you’d split it both sides, perhaps decreasing internal pressure and maybe increasing the turbine speed?!? Could that be?

Perfect timing....my printer should be here soon and I was looking for a tesla turbine housing to print. I was going to use hard drive platters, but I'll have a look at this.

Would the control be to print 10 flat tesla discs and compare with the hyperbolic discs? It would give an indication of the improvement in performance. Great videos - i love them and your enthusiasm and joy.

Love your work and your videos!! 👍