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Steamboat races
… o in South Orange Seaport Society in NJ USA, we use to do a Steamboat Only show. Only Steamboats we’re allowed for this event and we had many. There was judging where only the participants voted (could not vote for there own boat). There wa …
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Paddle Steamer Waverley
Youtube clip of the Waverley steaming down the Clyde yesterday (13/08/2020) after her £2M+ re-fit.
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Re: Steam Yacht Minnow
Nice to see a steam yacht, a relic of yachting days of old, she does look good on the water and just the right amount of smoke coming out of the funnel, not enough for anyone to complain about pollution. Well done, she's a credit to you. Ch …
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Steam engine
Twin cylinder oscillating steam engine , make unknown flywheel is between cylinders which makes it unusual and i believe rare. £120.00
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Re: Steam Yacht Minnow
… cellent Ian Looks really good underway. Fair old clip for a steam yacht too. Glad you added the music credit. Thought at first it might be John Renbourn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si2UfEkBC5A Cheers, Doug
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Steam Yacht Minnow
… out and do a video of SY Minnow. This was taken at Cheddar Steam Club and Jane and I were the only people there so had the water to ourselves. I have increased the displacement a little which has made her more stable in the wind. Although …
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Paddle Steamer Waverley
… given great joy. If you have been a round the running of a steam engine it seems to rumble threw you.For me it gives me goose bumps feeling the noise and vibration. Rick
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First steam boat
I was sent the steam plant by one on our members.It is a freelance steam launch as I lengthened the boat to fit the boiler and engine.The steam boiler and engine are the Maxwell Hemmens Canton plant.It has been run on water and held 30 psi …
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Steam engine
I have a Graham TV 1 steam engine I built to put into a boat.My problem is that the foreword reverse lever is on the side moving up and down vertically from the base.I don't know how to set up a servo to work the lever.Has anyone used this …
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Re: Steam Launch with Outboard Motor!!
… factor especially with the music and I like his R/C, and a steam outboard engine - brilliant. Bill
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Re: Steam engine
That steam engine looks as if it has a displacement lubricator. Messy but unavoidable. The principle is that steam forces STEAM OIL +/-600W to the cylinders and replaces it with water, hence the draincock on the bottom. Get used to cleaning …
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Steam engine
… https://www.bluebird-electric.net/bluebird_history/Turbinia_Steam_Turbine_Boat.htm https://paul-stamm-modellbau.de/turbinia-1884-erstes-dampfturbinenboot-der-welt.html https://www.asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/resourcefiles/aboutasme/who%20we%2 …
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Re: Steam engine
… it back to centre you alter the cutoff and the engine will steam more economically! But you need to play with that on the water. Good Luck Ian Member International Guild of Model Engineers
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steam engine
Graham TV1 STEAM ENGINE as the engine sits left is the prop side and the lever is in the up position the center post has notches in for speed control as the lever moves up and down for direction .I hope this helps Doug. Rick
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Steam engine
… versing lever this has to be notched into a position or the steam will move it for you. The forward and reverse lever you are talking about must lock into forward reverse or neutral. Good Luck
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Steam engine
Hi Rick, I'm a dunce when it comes to steam engines, and gobsmacked by the machines some folks can build. But servo linkages is more my game, so if you can post a photo(s) of the engine showing the lever, and how the engine sits in the boat …
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Re: Apropos Steam Boats ;-)
Ed, Thanks for posting....Steamboat Willie, the predecessor to Mickey Mouse. My favorite Walt Disney quote: “I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing—that it was all started by a mouse.” -Walt Disney Joe
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Steam Capstan
… f power was provided by a stand alone boiler which provided steam to the capstan. Two piston cylinders mounted under the top cover of the capstan provided the rotational power. Before this the nets , up to 2miles had to be pulled in by hand …
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Which wood for steaming easily on a model?...
… the 2" oak planks will be 1/8th" thick, which would require steaming to achieve the extreme twist at bow and stern, so my question is which kind of wood will steam the easiest to help with those bends? Cheers, Martin
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Which wood for steaming easily on a model?...
… s 1/8”-3/16” ply cut with the scrollsaw. I generally do not steam, but do thin layers glued up as I learned when building rubber powered airplanes. Guess that is where the use of balsa comes in as it is most readily available in my workshop …
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Which wood for steaming easily on a model?...
… sing a heat gun. Guess as the gun evaporates the water into steam and accomplishes much the same. Quite surprising how, once the wood gets hot, how easily it bends.
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Which wood for steaming easily on a model?...
Thanks Martin555, Steaming is so easy once you start doing it, it is not the black art some people seem to think it is. Cheers, Stephen.
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Which wood for steaming easily on a model?...
Hi Stephen, I like your steamer, simple but effective. Martin555.
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Which wood for steaming easily on a model?...
… what it does to the structure of the wood. I have done some steaming, first using just a kettle and dipping the plank into the boiling water for a few minutes , then moving on to making a simple jig out of steel down pipe adding a shelf of …
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Steam Boats
My friend builds exquisite Steam Boat models - they are LARGE - one is over six feet long . All powered by Stuart Double 10's with three drum yarrow boilers . Most are planked with teak and two are clinker hulls - he also builds full size b …
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Steam Boats
Not sure Ron - Kevin uses gas on most of his steam sets - with a small tank made of 22mm copper pipe - so I should imagine its quite a long run - about 15 minutes at a guess. Only seen that boat in action once . Would love one myself but he …
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Steam Boats
… what do you use for file, sterno?Alcohol? I have a Midwest steam launch that uses sterno a s what I do is build up steam on the table, put the fire out, add more fuel the put it in the water. Get bout a 30 minute run
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Re: Steam Launch with Outboard Motor!!
Learn something every day. I have not heard of a model steam outboard before. Very nice little boat.