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marinemole

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Steam launch on Lake Caldonazzo,Italy
« on: July 11, 2015, 10:04:12 pm »
Recently saw this beautiful steam launch sailing on Lake Caldonazzo, Northern Italy. I have very limited Italian and the owner no English but we managed to establish that he had scratch built everything on the model, including the steam plant.


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpQDJDzlT6M













































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Re: Steam launch on Lake Caldonazzo,Italy
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2015, 09:40:34 pm »
Very nice. Looks like it is powered by a Stirling engine, not steam.
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Re: Steam launch on Lake Caldonazzo,Italy
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2015, 04:05:04 pm »
It does have a Stirling look to it, but is definitely steam powered. It might have been a compound?
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Re: Steam launch on Lake Caldonazzo,Italy
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2015, 12:31:45 pm »
Sorry gents. Not familiar enough with steam plants to provide any further information.
However sounds like a good excuse to go back to Italy and see if I can contact the builder. Need to brush up my Italian first though.

Andy
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