nlancaster
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I saw this incredible working model
USS Monitor Engine
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWn8gQ9Ykpk[/ame]
and would love to build something like it some day, but I have a question.
It has 2 valves per cylinder and I wonder how this works. Most steam engines I have seen only have one sliding valve per cylinder and I understand how that works pretty well. Do these valves help the engine with efficancy? and are they needed to make it work or could a similer compact engine be built with only one sliding valve?
USS Monitor Engine
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWn8gQ9Ykpk[/ame]
and would love to build something like it some day, but I have a question.
It has 2 valves per cylinder and I wonder how this works. Most steam engines I have seen only have one sliding valve per cylinder and I understand how that works pretty well. Do these valves help the engine with efficancy? and are they needed to make it work or could a similer compact engine be built with only one sliding valve?