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Live steam "Fusilier", the 1888 MacBrayne paddle steamer.

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birlinn:
Drawings done, at 1:48- the original was 202 feet long. Will order a load of ply and strip tomorrow.
These paddlers had such shallow draft- the original only drew 4' 8".
To get my boiler in, and to get a decent displacement, I have had to drop the keel by 1", or 4 feet to scale.
Not noticeable in the water....

birlinn:
Just spoken to Jerry at Clevedon Steam; I am thinking of using their 'Virgo' paddle engine/boiler combo.
Apparently this needs gearing down 3:1 at the paddles, but found, and ordered, a neat belt drive set-up from Amazon with the right shaft size for the motor.
Now awaiting delivery of £144 worth of ply and stripwood....

Hankwilliams:
Hi Birlinn,

very interesting and elegant boat, looks similar to a smaller edition of "Columba". The gear reduction engine to paddleshaft of 3 : 1 seems good also at my own experiences. A scale of 1 : 48 will give a lenght of 128 cm - this will be ok, but you should build rather light with thin materials and also light superstructure. I will post soon some pictures of my steamdriven paddlers.

Thomas

birlinn:
Just ordered the engine/boiler combo from Clevedon.
Already got a very neat 1:3 cogged belt drive from Amazon.
Still wondering whether to have a go at feathering paddles- the diameter is only 110 mm.

Hankwilliams:
Belt drive looks good, will be a sufficient connexion between engine and paddle shaft. Most i`ve used cogwheels for connexion, but the distance between the cogwheels must be very precise.
I will post some more examples of the gear reduction at my steam driven paddlers.

Thomas

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