Inside a Stirling Engine Andy Ross Stirling Engine Kit Design

This is the Andy Ross engine that ran in the test. The Displacer piston popped loose so I did a video on the internal parts of the video. Bit long but detailed for engine builders.

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Science & Technology

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• STIRLING
• ENGINE
• ANDY
• ROSS
• ALPHA
• GAMMA

[joshcryer]

BTW! Happy fourth of July!

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

@joshcryer Happy 4 of July

[cambigfoot88]

Happy independence day dan!

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@cambigfoot88 Happy independence day

[DickGhostmoon]

Secret footage of Dan Rojas managing the German national football squad in the world cup:

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@DickGhostmoon Sie haben mich erwischt

[eddiequest4]

@Raxarax Dude - MOST engineering is bad. Those guys never test in real world situations. The great thing about Dan Rojas is HE DOES.

[iraqifreak]

I wanna see you fix a DOHC BRO!

[iraqifreak]

if i watch any more of your sterling engine videos i'll puke

[chase1873]

Hey Dan, Im working on making a stirling in my machine class, could you share the diameter of the cylinders and pistons, length of stroke, and combustion chamber volume? Precision would be greatly appreciated.

[looking412]

love the vids.. I think the tight fit of the piston, although may contribute to the power, may also have been the weak spot.. The excessive heat seized the piston.. left to cool on it's own, it likely would have freed up on its own.. I'm considering a taper design though.. wondering if the cylinder tapered giving a snugger fit just at the first part of the stroke.. would be best.. but widening up a little as the piston comes down.. tapering the cylinder would be the easiest i think.

[piespokladowy]

*****

[MrKevazinga]

Hey Dan, do you know what the cap is made out of? I am trying to build one of these and would really appreciate some input. Best of luck to you

[KenMacMillan]

What's the operating temperature of superglue? Probably less than the internal temp of your displacer piston. You should find out how hot it gets inside as soon as possible so you can find the appropriate glue after it fails again. Also, you will need a solvent that will remove the old glue. Try a non-chlorinated brake cleaner but keep it away from any rubber or plastic/teflon in the motor because it will ruin them. It will wash away the oil so you will need to replace that too.

[4freespeech]

Anything you plan to use continuously to make power is going

to have to have an oiling system to alleviate friction. It may be

self-cooling but by the looks of the piston it was starting to

gall from heat and no lube.

When you take the next step to hooking up a bona fide alternator

that would charge car batteries for a 115 volt inverter system

you gonna have to deal with cooling and lubricating the engine.

You could install a drip oiler. That ball bearing you showed us

is gonna get hot!

[budmanjr325]

dan y dont you use you big lens and flood lamps

[hristogh]

Хлапашко отношение към техниката. Личи си., че не са му ясни нещата!