Kei ngā wāhi katoa te konumohe e hiahiatia ana he hanganga mama, he kawe hiko teitei rānei. He poraka rango konumohe, he pane, he pouaka crankcase te pahikara hākinakina noa, me te anga konumohe whakarewa me te ringa swingarm. I roto i te miihini, ko te whakamahinga konumohe nui ko ōna piston, mā te kawe wera pai ka taea te ora i te pāmahana mura i runga ake i tō rātou ira rewa. Ko ngā wira, ngā whakamahana whakamatao me te hinu, ngā rīpene ringaringa me ō rātou whāriki, ngā karauna marau o runga me (i ētahi wā) o raro, ngā ngongo marau o runga (i roto i ngā marau USD), ngā calipers parai, me ngā rango matua he konumohe anō hoki.

Kua titiro whakamīharo tātou katoa ki tētahi anga konumohe e rite ana ōna hononga ki te puranga maramara pōka rongonui kua hinga. Ko ētahi o ēnei anga me ngā ringaringa hurihuri, pērā i ērā o ngā kaiwhakataetae 250 e rua-whiu a Aprilia, he mahi toi ataahua.

Ka taea te whakakoi i te konumohe me te whakamahana kia nui ake te kaha i te maitai ngawari (60,000 psi te kaha kume), engari he tere, he ngāwari hoki te mahi miihini i te nuinga o ngā konumohe. Ka taea hoki te whakarewa, te hanga, te whakaputa rānei i te konumohe (koinei te hanga o ētahi kurupae taha o te anga). Nā te kaha kawe wera o te konumohe, me nui te amperage e hiahiatia ana mō te whakarewa, ā, me tiaki te konganuku wera mai i te hāora hau mā te ārai hau kore mahi (TIG, heli-arc rānei).

Ahakoa e hiahiatia ana te nui o te hiko hei tango i te konumohe mai i te konganuku bauxite, ina oti kē te hangarua hei mea whakarewa, he iti noa te utu hei hangarua, ā, kāore e ngaro i te waikura pērā i te maitai.

I tere te tango a ngā kaihanga tuatahi o ngā mīhini motopaika i te konganuku hou mō ngā pouaka miihini, me i kore, me hanga te rino maka tata ki te toru ngā wā te taumaha. He tino ngohengohe te konumohe parakore—e maumahara ana ahau ki te riri o tōku whaea i te whakamahinga a tōku pāpā i tana kohua-rua 1,100-konumohe hei mahanga BB hangai: I huri tōna raro hei puranga o ngā rua.

Kāore i roa ka kitea te kaha ake o te konukōre māmā me te parahi, ā, koinei te konukōre i whakamahia e te paionia waka, a WO Bentley, i roto i ana piston konumohe whakamātautau i mua i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao. I roto i ngā whakamātautau karapīpiti ki ngā piston rino-maka i whakamahia i taua wā, ka tere ake te whakanui ake i te kaha o ngā piston konumohe tuatahi a Bentley. Ka mātao ake te rere, ka iti ake te wera o te ranunga wahie-hau e haere mai ana, ā, ka nui ake te mātotoru o te pupuri. I ēnei rā, e whakamahia whānuitia ana ngā piston konumohe i roto i ngā miihini waka me ngā motopaika.

Tae noa ki te taenga mai o te waka rererangi 787 a Boeing, he mea hanga ki te muka waro, he mea nui ki te ao rererangi ko te taumaha kore o ia waka rererangi he 60 ōrau te konumohe. Ina tirohia ngā taumaha me ngā kaha o te konumohe me te maitai, he ahua rerekē tēnei i te tuatahi. Ae, he 35 ōrau noa iho te taumaha o te konumohe i te maitai, te rahinga mō te rahinga, engari ko ngā maitai kaha-teitei he toru ngā wā te kaha ake i ngā konumohe kaha-teitei. He aha e kore ai e hanga waka rererangi mai i te maitai angiangi?

I ahu mai i te ātete ki te piko o ngā hanganga rite o te konumohe me te maitai. Mēnā ka tīmata tātou me ngā ngongo konumohe me te maitai he rite te taumaha mō ia putu, ā, ka whakaitihia te matotoru o te pakitara, ka piko tuatahi te ngongo maitai nā te mea he kotahi hautoru noa iho te matotoru o tōna rauemi i te konumohe, ā, he iti ake te kaha ki te pupuri i a ia anō.

I ngā tau 1970, i mahi tahi māua ko te kaihanga anga, ko Frank Camillieri. I taku pātai atu ki a ia he aha mātou i kore ai e whakamahi i ngā ngongo maitai nui ake te whānui, he angiangi ake te pakitara hei hanga anga māmā ake, pakari ake, ka mea ia, "Ina mahi koe i tēnā, ka kitea e koe me tāpiri he maha ngā rauemi ki ngā mea pēnei i ngā whakairinga miihini kia kore ai e pakaru, kia ngaro ai te penapena taumaha."

I te tīmatanga o te tekau tau atu i 1970, i whakamahia tuatahitia e Kawasaki ngā ringaringa hurihuri konumohe i runga i āna pahikara MX wheketere; ā, i whai mai ētahi atu i taua ara. Kātahi ka tae ki te tau 1980, ka whakanohoia e Yamaha a Kenny Roberts ki runga i tētahi pahikara GP e rua-whiu 500, ko tōna anga i hangaia mai i te ngongo konumohe tapawhā-wāhanga. He nui ngā whakamātautau hoahoa i hiahiatia, engari i te mutunga, mā te whakamahi i ngā whakaaro o te miihini Pāniora a Antonio Cobas, ka whanake ngā anga reihi rori GP a Yamaha hei kurupae konumohe māhanga nui e mōhiotia ana o ēnei rā.

He pono kei reira ētahi atu momo anga angitū - ko te "tiritiri" ngongo rino a Ducati tētahi, me te anga muka waro "kiri me ngā wheua" a John Britten i ngā tau tōmua o te tekau tau atu i 1990. Engari kua tino rongonui ngā anga kurupae konumohe takirua i ēnei rā. E whakapono ana ahau ka taea te hanga i tētahi anga mahi mai i te papa rakau whakarewa, mena he pakari ngā pūmau pūmau me te āhua kua whakamātauhia.

Ko tētahi atu rerekētanga nui i waenga i te maitai me te konumohe ko te mea e kiia nei ko te rohe ngenge o te maitai: he taumata ahotea mahi e kore e mutu te roa o te oranga o te wāhanga i raro iho nei. Kāore he rohe ngenge o te nuinga o ngā koranu konumohe, koia te take e "roa" ai ngā anga rererangi konumohe mō te maha o ngā hāora whakamahinga kua whakaritea. I raro iho i tēnei rohe, ka murua e te maitai ā tātou hara, engari ka maumahara te konumohe ki ngā hapa katoa i roto i te ahua o te kino o te ngenge o roto e kore e kitea.

Kāore rawa i taea te whakamahi i te anga ataahua o te GP o ngā tau 1990 hei pūtake mō te hanga papatipu. Ko aua anga he mea hanga mai i ngā wāhanga konumohe kua mīhinihia, kua pēhia, me te whakarewahia. Ehara i te mea he uaua noa iho, engari me taea te whakarewa i ngā koranu e toru tetahi ki tetahi. He nui te moni me te wā ki te whakarewa, ahakoa nā ngā karetao whakaputa i mahi.

Ko te hangarau i āhei ai ngā miihini mama e whā-whiu me te anga whakarewa o ēnei rā, ko ngā tikanga whakakī pokepoke iti-turbulence, kāore e mau tonu ngā kiriata o te waikura konumohe e hanga ana i runga i te konumohe rewa. Ka hangaia e ēnei kiriata ngā rohe ngoikore i roto i te konganuku, i mua, me matotoru ake ngā whakarewanga kia eke ki te kaha e tika ana. He tino uaua ngā wāhanga whakarewa mai i ēnei tukanga hou, engari ka taea te huihui i ngā anga konumohe o ēnei rā me ngā whakarewa ka taea te tatau i te ringa kotahi. E kiia ana ka penapenahia e ngā tikanga whakarewa hou te 30 pauna neke atu rānei o te taumaha i roto i ngā motopaika hanga.

Haunga te whānuitanga o ngā maitai, he mea nui te konumohe mō te ao tangata, engari he nui atu i tēnā mō ngā motopaika o ēnei rā. Koia te tino matū o te pahikara, he mea noa iho, kāore e kitea, e mōhiotia rānei te nui o te mahi a te mīhini nā tēnei.