Re: First Beta Type Stirling Engine
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 3:18 am
Congrats Piteco, great to see the wheels going round. I find it's difficult to burn Kero without creating black smoke, and putting soot on the cylinder, if you could make a pressure burner(as in old time plumbers blowlamp)you would have a nice clean flame.
It would be worth taking off the flywheels, and drilling say six holes to form spokes. The weight of a flywheel should be concentrated at the rim, the weight toward the hub is just a waste of metal, and puts unnecessary extra weight on the bearings.
On my BETTA motors I use only one con rod on the power piston, much simpler.
Ian S C
It would be worth taking off the flywheels, and drilling say six holes to form spokes. The weight of a flywheel should be concentrated at the rim, the weight toward the hub is just a waste of metal, and puts unnecessary extra weight on the bearings.
On my BETTA motors I use only one con rod on the power piston, much simpler.
Ian S C