On 04/13/2011 03:46 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Whoa! The D18 model has an electric generator and light, and they have > a movie of it running! See: > > http://www.toysteam.net/wid18final.wmv > > You can hear the sound change as the RPMs change. The thing runs much > smoother with fewer vibrations than the D6 model. The D2 will vibrate > itself off a table at full speed. You can see the D15 doing that and > making a wonderful racket: > > http://www.toysteam.net/wid15final.wmv > > Great stuff! > > Rossi should get a 4 kW steam engine for his next demo.
Hey, if he does that, he can close the loop, and get rid of the external power supply for the heater! > I'll bet you can find one somewhere. > > Steam engines are nifty machines. These little ones make a lot of > noise, but the big ones are quieter per kilowatt than an internal > combustion engine. > > - Jed >
