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flash3780 wrote:That's a neat engine! I wonder if some steel wool in the tube between the hot end and cold end would improve your power output.

Chris

Thanks. I'll look into that if I make another one since I no longer have this one.

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Ian S C wrote:That looks very interesting, where do you apply the heat. Ian S C

The left side. The side closest to the camera (ie the darker side)

Just as Ian S C says, it should run as long as there is heat. When you remove the heat, it's no problem that the flywheel spins a few rounds then, that's just good. It then runs on the heat that is left in the cylinder, and the flywheel slows down. Do you have other photo's of it? It looks like an ...

never mind I got it to work. I just need to leave the flame on for a few minutes before trying to spin the flywheel.. Another problem I see is that the wheel will spin for 20-30 seconds before stopping is that normal? Thanks.

Are you sure it's an ALPHA type with two fitted pistons, one hot, and one cold, or is it a GAMMA motor, with a power piston in one cylinder, and the displacer in the other cylinder, the top end (the end opposite the end the rod comes out) is where it gets heated. Could you show a picture of it. Ian...

I was recently given this alpha type Stirling engine by a friend and am not sure how to get it to work. Is it supposed to be assembly in a particular way? It is assembled with two glass syringes connected together by a rube. One one side is what looks like steel wool. When I received it one of the p...