Been watching this thread with interest..Aster has built several compound
locos,,Swiss A3/5 and DR 0+8+0 ++0+8+0 and J.V.R. did a lot of the Design
calcs etc for them ,he wrote a very good article in G1MRA Journal on
compouding in our small size about 2 years ago.Basics seem to be ahigh
enough
I mean kids filling push bike not motor bike tyres. It does not take
much air volume to fill the former to bursting point. We have had one
or two accidents over here so gas stations warn you against using their
air lines for such a purpose.
Sam e
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Ok, I understand
A correction to my BR-96 post. It should have read ".. the exhaust from the high
pressure cylinders feeds through a length of silicon tubing to the LOW pressure
cylinders." I don't have any specs or details on the prototype BR-96. The model is
superheated and also has a feed water heater. On
For those interested in the prototype of the eagerly awaited Aster Allegheny,
it's nicely covered at-
www.steamlocomotive.com/allegheny/
Ernie Wortmann
Sam E is so right! There have been cases where workers (and kids) have
been killed by playing with air "blow guns" used for cleaning etc. Such an
air blast with the nozzle directly on a persons skin can kill.
Incidentally, pvc pipe should never be used for an airline--no matter how
high the
Victor,
I can't seem to find info on the number of 2-10-10-2's built. Do you know?
Walt Lunk
Same thing.
Only lately have we had airlines that stop when a preset pressure is
reached. The important factor is the cfm. It takes very little VOLUME
of air to get a bike tyre to 90lb. Gas-station air lines are designed
to put a much greater volume of air per min into vehicle tyres to get
Simple solution.
All mass produced stuff has truck mounted couplers set at the same
height. Each scale has its own standards for body mounts. The only
place this may be difficult is on some loco pilots, but I'd make the
pocket to scale standard and crank the coupler up or down to the truck
In a message dated 10/29/00 12:44:32 PM Mountain Standard Time,
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The important factor is the cfm.
I am sorry but I disagree with you all the volume in the world will not blow
out a tire, it is the PSI that exceeds the tires strength. A filling station
with a large
Hello Walt and list,
Thanks for the history lesson of the phrase, "right on the Ball".
"Off topic", but still fun:
I also understand that the old term, "balls to the wall", was in reference to
the flyball governors that were common on so many steam engines. Obviously, the
faster the engine
I think Roundhouse are 1BA
Bob
In a message dated 10/29/00 6:46:36 PM Mountain Standard Time,
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u are right but I think you misunderstood what Sam was explaining. A
bicycle tires use much less cfm than auto tires, even tho the psi may be
the same
The amount of air in CFM that you can put into
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