power available from those IC engines.
Steve Ciambrone
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From: William F. Kaiser [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 12:46 PM
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam
Subject:RE: Steam Areoplanes
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Ciambrone, Steve @ OS wrote:
>
> I do not know of any successful "heavier than air" man carrying aircraft
> powered by steam.
>
Many years ago I read an article about a guy whose name, I believe, was
Gustav Whitehead, who built a steam powered airplane around 1901. He and
I have both books, got the Yates book for the Holiday!
I am drawing up a modified engine for a lighter than air craft. Once that is built
then I'll work on a frame with a balloon to hold it up. And once that flies the next
step will be to build the heavier than air frame.
All in my "Copious"
There is also another book reprinted by Lindsay called Model Making edited by
Raymond Yates. Although this book is a little sketchy in it's handling of
the projects, things are buildable. Most of the book is devoted to boats
but, there are two chapters dealing with model steam airplanes using
For US $6.95 plus p&h (catalog page 9), Lindsay Publications
http://www.lindsaybks.com will sell you a 39 page booklet extracted from
"Model Engineer 1913" telling one how to build a steam powered airplane
. . . Charles
Trent Dowler wrote:
>
> Pete,
>
> Perhaps what I was told was fiction as
Langley performed testing on models powered by steam while the Wright Bros.
were developing their airplane. Langley performed these tests off a barge
moored on the Potomac River.
I do not know of any successful "heavier than air" man carrying aircraft
powered by steam.
Steve Ciambrone
Trent and Pete:
Look here: www.railroadextra.com/remaxim.Html
I don't know whether Langley's airplane was steam or not. There was a ~20
foot long dirigible that flew out here in California over 100 years ago that
had a small steam engine for power.
Steve
Pete,
Perhaps what I was told was fiction as well, but I really think that I remember
seeing photos of a steam engine powered airplane. Probably a prototype that never
got off the ground (pun intended). Used a flash boiler I'm thinking.
Have the rest of you seen the radial steam engine that m
In a message dated 1/3/01 3:01:26 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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[Today's piece of useless trivia]
Sort of OT: I once found a book (fiction!) written by a steam fan about some
huge steam-powered aircraft that were purportedly designed after WWII to
deliver nuclear bombs.
