Stirling Engine kit by Gakken powering the fan and a generator connected to a LED

This movie is showing a Stirling engine kit by Gakken that I built together. The engine is mounted on a car like vehicle. The gear box could connect the wheels, a fan and a generator to the engine. The generator is connected to a LED. The engine itself is one encapsulated cylinder containing two pistons. The cylinder has a cool part (the metal part in the middle) and one warm part (the glass cylinder to the right). Inside the steel part of the cylinder there is a airtight piston and inside the glass part there is a semi-airtight piston made of steel wool.

For more information about Stirling engines and how they work please have a look at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_engine

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Stirling
• Engine
• kit
• Gakken
• motor
• stirlingmotor
• power
• fan
• propeller
• generator
• LED
• cylinder
• pistons
• piston
• warm
• cool

[m0tkid]

Would you recommened buying this kit? It is cheaper than some other kits and seems quite good for learning/ model making experience.

Could you recommend any other kits also?

Thank you

[Zarkx2000]

@m0tkid : This one was fun to build so I can recommend if you like to build mechanical models. It's not that impressive as many other Sterling engines you can find videos of, but it works.

Sorry can't recommend any other kit's since this is the only one I have built.

[Gruntol5]

I thought Stirling engines were quiet!

[Zarkx2000]

@Gruntol5 They can be but this is not :)

[josuedemo]

que divertidos son estos jugetes....



[enjoiyourenjoideck]

humans are smart

[Zarkx2000]

@stuartcowen200999 : Please do NOT use nail varnish remover. Nail varnish remover contain acetone which is highly flammable. I recommend you to use lamp oil for the heating, which I did.

[crazydream4444]

這套我也有買

但是...

遇到一些麻煩

所以我沒玩到..

[sidraptor]

Wow!

[Roobert33]

Beautiful........5*****