Hi all, Malcolm lent me a MB22 with steam plant for a while and I fitted it into a copy I have made of the Basset-lowke Streamlinia. This is a metre long boat and if you can maintain 30 lbs. steam pressure, with a 50 mm prop it just planes nicely.
After a while it went back to Malcolm and with the above info I have converted to an electric motor version now and by measurement consumes 30 watts power at planing speed.
So it is a powerful motor which also chugs slowly as well.
Many years ago I made a mechanical unit for measuring power output and we Malcolm, myself and the late Norman Young, (it was his garage!) we assembled the equipment and measured the bhp , it came out at around 20 watts, but much is dependent on the steam pressure and of course when applying the breaking force the engine slows using less steam and the steam pressure builds up so the measurement was always problematical.
So the best measurement we have is the equivalent one in Streamlinia where the weight of the boat is the same and useing the same propellor.'
We also tested a French blow lamp! That's another story sufice it to say I hold the record for the quickest exit from that garage.
Then there is the first automatic boiler that we develped, all interesting stuff, ideas from Malcolm perspiration and electronics from me.
Did you know that neoprene tubing can blow up like a balloon?
Give Malcolm a piece of paper and a pencil..........
Nice build look forward to seeing the engine in action
regards Roy
