Thanks everyone for their responses, I bought the Ida and ran it a few times
over the weekend. Fairly short run times but I know there is a learning
curve since, I have not had a gas burner before. I am assuming that while
the butane tank gets warmer after startup the flow valve can be turned down
to extend the run time. The warming of the tank causes an increase in
pressure in the fuel tank.
Need to install the R/C for the throttle, my four year old daughter found it
quite funny when Dad was chasing the little loco trying to slow it down.
Steve Ciambrone
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 8:23 AM
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam
Subject: Re: Ruby Run Time
In a message dated 00-12-12 11:30:52 EST, you write:
<< What is the approximate run time of the Ruby Locomotive? >>
My Ruby is rather new with less than 10 hours steaming time. On the
bench on
blocks I get 18-20 minutes run time. I have added a superheater and
rearranged some plumbing as well as a #3 gas jet. Hopefully when I
get a
little better at adjusting throttle and fuel I will be able to
extend the run
time.
Salty
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