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| John Hill:
David, I am pleased it worked for you. Am I to understand that you are going to route the exhaust steam from three cylinders a la Mr G. Stephenson's steam blast? That should make an interesting sound with one cylinder not synced with the others. :thumbup: |
| Stilldrillin:
John, The 3 pipes will just dump condensate into the pot, and hopefully this will then drain out the larger pipe. Originally the twin cylinder system discharged onto the top of the boiler & trickled into the meths burner. :scratch: ..... Messy! Then I added another cylinder. This is it`s last incarnation..... I don`t know about Mr. Stephenson`s theories, I have enough of my own on the go! The cranks are equally spaced, and any exhaust beat is only in my imagination..... ::) I`m just aiming for something different, but recognisably Mamod..... :thumbup: David. |
| John Hill:
Thanks David. George Stevenson routed exhaust steam to a nozzle at the base of the funnel and the exhausting steam shot up the funnel causing extra draft as it did so, and of course the 'chuff-chuff' sound. I misunderstood your engine layout, I thought it was a two cylinder engine and a single cylinder engine but I now see it is three cylinders so please disregard comments regarding non-synchronised exhaust beats! |
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