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Title: Steam power ... oddities!
Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 21, 2019, 05:52:10 pm

Anyone remember this boat?

Quote from: Martin [Admin] on May 31, 2010, 02:17:45 pm

   Mayhem 2010 awards.




The Over Optamistic Award: (aka: burst steam pipe award!)  Flashtwo

 For his " winter's secret project...not only flash steam powered, but also jet propelled ... the gas cylinder is inverted
and the liquid butane/propane mix passes through a manually operated isolation valve and then a servo-controlled valve.
The fuel then passes along a 400mm length of copper pipe before entering a fuel pre-heater that is heated by the exhaust
gases of the boiler, i.e. NO direct heating by a flame is involved. The boat also has a novel form of directional control which
many will find interesting. Effectively it is a boat with no propeller nor rudder!

          (http://s1.postimage.org/wqLf9.jpg) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gxwqLf9)    (http://s1.postimage.org/wqNKi.jpg) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gxwqNKi)      (http://s1.postimage.org/wqQer.jpg) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gxwqQer)     (http://s3.postimage.org/38WVi.jpg) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=Pq38WVi)
                                                           Notice the almost total lack of bow wave!

Title: Re: Steam power ... oddities!
Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 21, 2019, 05:55:24 pm

Topic here: https://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,24270.msg238475.html#msg238475

 
 

Title: Re: Steam power ... oddities!
Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 21, 2019, 05:57:40 pm

 
  ... Found this on Utube:  Making RC steam boat - https://youtu.be/9KpKU5qZMVs