Paddleducks
Other Marine Models => Live steam => Topic started by: derekwarner_decoy on June 05, 2007, 04:52:45 PM
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Hi PD's .... & thanks Peter [Webster] for the video of above and :bravo to 'Tom the Builder' :hehe .... looks good, sounds good & engine steam discharge :boom just above water line apart from being truely realistic.. appears visually to have more impact than via the chimney stack :great
So do I see a twin osciliator atwart ship just under & near to deck level or is it a twin horizontal with cylinder heads facing FWD?
The speed of the engine also sounds >>>high? so is it geared?... I am sure many PD's :gather would like a little more understanding ...if you could forward this on to Tom Prior would be appreciated especially if a response was in the offering :beer ... and again :no1 build Tom
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I sincerely apologise for the long delay in answering your post.
The steam outlet is in the correct position,just forward of the port paddlewheel on this boat.
The engine is a single cylinder slide valve type an
d single acting. It is very low powered but once under way really gets moving.
The cylinder heads you see under the deck are painted on a wall which prevents draughts on the boiler.
You are correct, the engine is high reving and geared to approx. 8 to 1 ratio.
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Hi PD's & welcome Tom........we hope you enjoy our WEB site
Just when ever, some .JPG snaps of your steam plant and comments would not go astray.... however I am a little lost on....drafts affecting the boiler :?: :?: ... I mean I could imagine this in :ohno FROG hollow Scotland, but not in :trophy OZ