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  • Members: 492
  • Category: Models
  • Founded: Jun 23, 2006
  • Language: English
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This is the any topic, no rules and not much discussion group where the development of pop-pop steamboats and engines is occasionally mentioned.

Este es el cualquier tema, sin reglas y casi nada de discusión grupo donde el desarrollo de los pop-pop barcos de vapor y los motores se mencionan de vez en cuando.

Ceci est le forum de discussions où l'on peut aborder tout sujet, où il n'y a pas de règles, où l'on peut parler de tout et de rien, et où parfois il est question de bateaux à vapeur et de moteurs pop-pop.

Dies ist der ein beliebiges Thema, keine Regeln und nicht viel Diskussionsforum, in dem die Entwicklung der Pop-Pop-Dampfschiffen und Motoren ist gelegentlich erwähnt.

tiu estas la iu temo neniu(j) reguloj kaj ne multe diskuto grupo kie la evoluado de pop pop vaporo boatoj kaj motoroj estas foje menci*.

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Re: Running an engine in boiling water.
Copper is an excelent heat conductor, that's why the tubes also get real hot. I wonder if the two coil engine will perform equally to the three coil engine,
Posted - Mon May 28, 2012 9:37 am
Paul M
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Re: Running an engine in boiling water.
I just made my first large coil engine (below) using 1/4" copper tubing filled with aquarium sand and wraped around a 1" piece of plastic water pipe. Also
Posted - Mon May 28, 2012 3:26 am
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Re: Running an engine in boiling water.
I just tested the theory. I wound toilet paper around the tubes and covered it with aluminium foil to not let it catch fire. The performance seemed to be a
Posted - Sun May 27, 2012 9:23 pm
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Re: Running an engine in boiling water.
... Not necessairly so. a couple of years back there was some discussion on how pop pop engines work and it appeared that there are differing opinions on the
Posted - Sun May 27, 2012 4:38 pm
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Running an engine in boiling water.
Yes, you heard that right! Why you might ask, the anwer is simple: while testing (I keep testing, if I got paid for every test I'd be rich!) I noticed the
Posted - Sun May 27, 2012 12:22 pm
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