It was built completely from bar stock in my basement hobby machine shop. The plans by Dr. J.R. Senft are from the November 1980 issue of Live Steam magazine.
As the piston draws back a reed valve on the front of the cylinder opens and the heat of the flame is drawn in. Near the bottom of the stroke the valve closes and the trapped air cools quickly enough to create a vacuum that draws the piston forward. The forward stroke is the power stroke. So it is actually the ambient atmospheric pressure that allows it to run.
Is this almost the same thing as a Sterling Engine?
JerryGiesler09 5 months ago
what is the tholerance of the diameter male n female cylinder ? sorry my english is not that good hope u understand
yun514 10 months ago
interesting. I guess it would run on anything that produced a flame.
gregryf 1 year ago
@gregryf so long as the fuel didnt produce a shit tonne of soot
MaximusMountain 9 months ago
it is cute!
kill3rcat 1 year ago
Supercar engine if the future....NOT
Reverseflush 1 year ago
simplest engine to make?
SthealthRaider 1 year ago
can you make a poppin Vag licker ???
napolean34 1 year ago
Why don't they use a lazer to fire the engine?
elunogringo 1 year ago
Sounds like a clown going mad with horns.
cmd1120 1 year ago
you sure? oboma does? that may be the case, but obama hasn't said anything to that effect.
proanti1 2 years ago
thats cool i whish i could find plans to make that
aud6875 2 years ago
ebay.
kladivous 2 years ago
Is that the same size specified in the plans? or did you scale them down?
mechfeist15 3 years ago
It was built to full scale of the published plans.
rake60 3 years ago
where can i get one?
kulrajwashere 3 years ago
i think that's cool as hell
guitaristdf 3 years ago
thats pretty cool, may i ask how did you build it?
SharpShooter057 3 years ago
It was built completely from bar stock in my basement hobby machine shop. The plans by Dr. J.R. Senft are from the November 1980 issue of Live Steam magazine.
rake60 3 years ago
great thing
how does it work ?????
vincent7520 4 years ago
It's basically an atmospheric engine.
As the piston draws back a reed valve on the front of the cylinder opens and the heat of the flame is drawn in. Near the bottom of the stroke the valve closes and the trapped air cools quickly enough to create a vacuum that draws the piston forward. The forward stroke is the power stroke. So it is actually the ambient atmospheric pressure that allows it to run.
rake60 3 years ago
thanx a lot
vincent7520 3 years ago
Interesting, where can we find more info on this sort of engine?
lolergramCCCP 3 years ago
@rake60 very very cool. I love learning things on youtube!
tcknapp1984 2 months ago
sounds like a duck dying! lol
knifeedge63 4 years ago 10
very nice, thank you for posting this video
AsText25 4 years ago
wer do u get 1
emp94 4 years ago
sounds like a little kid laffin
fre2fly 4 years ago
very cool!
CINDYSHEEHANWASRIGHT 4 years ago 3