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26 October 2008 at 09:33 #16769
Bob Abell 2
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Hello Phil

Another nice steam powered little beauty!

Have you made the engine?………Looks very nice and tidy

Has this one sailed yet?

Bob
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26 October 2008 at 09:47 #16770
Phil Button
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Bob – the engine, boiler and all associated ‘gubbins’ were designed and built by myself (although following a well-trodden path). The ship has been steamed several times and performs very well on the water under full radio control. She always attracts a lot of attention at my local boating lake, especially with children (more so when I sound the whistle!). The power plant picture shows the engine as originally built, with a boiler feed pump that was intended to draw water from tanks on board the ship – this facility has been discontinued to reduce the weight.

The engine is a parallel twin, double-acting oscillating engine of 10mm bore x 11mm stroke, operating at about 12-15PSI, geared around 10:1 to the paddle shaft via a primary gear reduction and a secondary chain drive, giving somewhere close to scale speed at full regulator.
9 January 2009 at 19:20 #1744
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