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One of the things i am trying to find is a formula to at least get some idea of the power that a turbine would have similar to the one used in piston engine plan. P=Mean Effective Pressure in Cylinder (MEP) L=Length of Stroke in FEET (times 2 for Double acting engine) A=Area of Piston in Inches...

So now that I have a pistion steam engine I have been looking at getting a steam turbine, but I know even less about them other then efficiency sucks on small scale and they need to spin up to have any usable torque. I been looking at this little turbine Link But I can't find any number on ho...

Just some more quick question, but currently working on the burner. Still, haven't decided on a gasoline/kerosene style type blowlamp or a gas power one. For the gasoline/kerosene burner has anyone ever done a pump driven one instead of a pressurized one?

Well, the motor has been picked I have an older saito t2 coming my way. Finger crossed it is a good match.

That video gave me lots of ideas for a possible future build. Specially thr drive system design. The first engine I was looking at was the PM Research Steam Engine #8 but 2 problems came up low RPMs(250 to 1000) way too low for RC i could use a gearbox but that would make the 2nd problem worse...

Just finished watching the other parts of the videos thank you once again fcheslop good info in those videos. I also came across this thread talking about the efficiency of different types of position model steam engine and it mentions compound being the most efficient ones, I was looking at a...

Thank you, good reference point I eneded up ordering the book found a cheap copy for 10 dollars hopefully it helps me learn more on the subject. Just a quick question I already been told by a local the downfall of steam turbine in a small scale like this no starting torque, steam hungry, etc...

Thank you for the recommendations, one of the articles I came across in a google search mention a book called Experimental Flash Steam, would this be a recommended read for learning more about monotube design.

Hello everyone just joined and I hope this is the right section to ask this question in. My main hobby is playing with RC cars and recently I have gotten an itch to make one steam-powered and the one thing I am finding the hardest to build around is the boiler. At first, I was looking at a fire...