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- Sat Mar 23, 2019 5:54 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: Beta Rhombic Drive Motor
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7708
Beta Rhombic Drive Motor
hello, i made a post regarding my beta stirling engine a couple of days ago. http://stirlingengineforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2386 I have made a few minor changes and have greatly reduced the friction present in the motor. but, it is not working inspite of the changes made. I have added video ...
- Sat Mar 09, 2019 8:54 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: My First Rhombic Drive Engine
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14969
Re: My First Rhombic Drive Engine
Hi Vjdeep, looks good, you have put in a lot of work on your motor. What is the power piston, and cylinder liner made of? The motor seems to have quite a bit of friction when it is turned in the video. The bearing surfaces in the linkage are aluminium on steel pins, this tends toward high friction,...
- Sat Mar 09, 2019 8:47 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: My First Rhombic Drive Engine
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14969
Re: My First Rhombic Drive Engine
Hi Vjdeep Nice looking motor and well done. It appears that your piston and liner are both alloy - If this is so you will have an enormous amount of friction as alloy to alloy will gall and cause trouble to you. If you can change the liner to steel or cast iron. Ian knows a lot about this problems ...
- Thu Mar 07, 2019 2:15 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: My First Rhombic Drive Engine
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14969
My First Rhombic Drive Engine
Hello Everyone! I have built a rhombic drive Stirling engine for a small science fair at my college. But the catch is that it isn't running at all. I've added a few photos of my engine below. Any help regarding it would be of great help. thanks in advance! all the parts are made of aluminium. The he...
- Thu Mar 07, 2019 1:27 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: New Members PLEASE read! - OR, having problems registering, being deactivated
- Replies: 516
- Views: 674794
Re: "Hi...We are new here!" First posts here (or anywhere is OK)
hello everyone! i am Venkat from Southern India. I am in my final year of engineering. I have built 2 Stirling engines(basic gamma type) over my free time. now am currently building a beta version engine. to power it with Fresnel lens which i ripped off my old projector TV. Looking forward to help a...