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These animations are great, but if I'm not mistaken the one of the stirling fan is running in the wrong direction, i.e., the power piston is leading the displacer which would not be possible unless it were powered to become a cooler.

I think the sound in the video is exaggerated as often happens with digital still cameras taking video clips. This company received a very large contract a few years ago to install many hundreds of these engines in the Mojave Desert for California Edison. While they had successfully installed a few ...

Ian, I also sent you an email regarding this machine; Paul Lochmann made educational demonstration models of steam and stirling engines near Leipzig in Germany the 1880s just prior to making his fame and fortune in the disc music box business. He's credited as the co-inventor of the interchangeable ...

Still hard to justify cost of production for replicating a Rider or Ericsson type engine given their very low power output per unit of weight, especially when a 5 hp gasoline pumping engine can be had for around $100 in Asia. Regarding surviving engines there are approximately 220 on the list of var...

Vamoose, A friend of mine here in the US has had some parts made for Rider engines like yours, although I'm not sure which ones. His name is Buster Brown; I can send you a PM with his contact information if you need it. It looks like you have most of the important parts. There are several other larg...

Hello everyone. I'm a long time stirling engine enthusiast and historian, but new to this forum which I've just discovered. I'm more of a collector/restorer of old machines rather than maker of modern stirling engines. I've been researching the history of the Rider Engine Co. and its successor the R...