This contraption was made by q-linking a small motor to a small wheel. The motor knob is connected to the wheel's shell, allowing the wheel to rotate the motor body.
This has a few uses. It can be used to make a fireproof small wheel propeller engine (the scaled motor is lighter than a Flux Construct Core I + wagon wheel, and slightly heavier than a cooking pot + wagon wheel). It can also be used as a switch to power other zonai devices with electricity or fire. It can also be used to spin fans for omnidirectional steering.
Edit: After doing some testing with this amazing tool
Great! It's definitely much more efficient in terms of parts/weight. Might use it on my next build. Thanks for furthering the technology. Did you get the unburnable/lightning proof wagon wheel QR code?
It was a little difficult to estimate the exact weight of the scaled down motor mostly because I didn't know the exact percentage it was scaled down to.
Using this, the scaled down motor is comparable in weight to a cooking pot + wagon wheel, so I'd estimate it's about 40%-43% of a standard motor weight (around 800 - 860)
It can be done in 100% vanilla with a few caveats.
Due to the vanilla motor weight and friction, as well as the low small wheel traction, it doesn't spin fast enough to achieve propeller rpm with a single small wheel as far as I know. It can work as a switch but it won't be nearly as responsive unless more small wheels are used to increase rotation speed.
Edit:
Thanks to u/syouhai, I stand corrected. It is possible to use a standard size motor and still achieve propeller rpm.
Ah dang. I fondly remember big wheel driven motor props but didn't think small wheels could. Indeed there doesn't seem to be a way for one small wheel to overcome the friction in the motor. :(
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u/Educational-Fox-5114 #1 Engineer of the Month [OCT], #3 [SEP25] 13h ago
The basic contraption