The following is a short video of the Fulton Engine poject that I put together. The unit is being donated to the Clermont State Historic Site in Germontown, NY...
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Daryl
darylcanada73
Mar 14, 2011 8:08 am
Pete, That looks really great. A lot of people will appreciate the effort you put into this project....
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Frank McNeill
frankmcneilll
Mar 15, 2011 3:07 pm
Hi All, Just added a link titled "Robot Marketplace" with a bit of info about the BlinkRC WiFi RC Receiver. There are several WiFi gadgets that can be used as...
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Pete
northriver07
Mar 15, 2011 7:48 pm
Welcome back Frank, The Fulton group recently found the sanme site. We're using their DC gearmotor MODEL NUMBER PK32F260-516 to drive our display unit. We had...
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Daryl
darylcanada73
Mar 17, 2011 8:17 am
Hi all and Frank, That other great forum is having a contest. A link is at the bottom of this page..............Daryl. WWPPBB2 2011World Wide Pop Pop Boat...
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Pete
northriver07
Mar 17, 2011 12:41 pm
Top of the Mornin to Ya! Happy St. Paddy's day... Thanks Daryl, Hopefully you or other members will be able to join in on the competition. I personally will...
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zoomkat
Mar 24, 2011 8:34 pm
I bought a couple of Indonesian pop pop boats on ebay, then followed the info on the boat package to find the source. The below site currently has the boats at...
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Norman Adrian
qazaqw
Mar 24, 2011 9:08 pm
That looks great - Thanks. From: pop-pop-steamboats@yahoogroups.com [mailto:pop-pop-steamboats@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of zoomkat Sent: Thursday, March 24,...
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theo570
Mar 29, 2011 2:53 am
Hey guys, I built my first pop pop engine (actully pot pop, later) and although she make a bit of steam there is nowhere near enough to push a boat through the...
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zoomkat
Mar 29, 2011 5:06 am
Some videos from another pop pop boat enthusiast. Two of the boats meet unfortunate ends, particularly the red pirate boat. ...
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William Abernathy
Yahuselah
Mar 29, 2011 5:32 am
I suggest: Bigger fire. Thinner brass. I got similar performance out of mine (thin stream of anemic bubbles) until I added more candles. Jean-Yves's plans...
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theo570
Mar 29, 2011 4:35 pm
Test #2 perfomed MUCH better. I used the wifes cake dish, leaving the pot sitting over the edge outside. This kept the elevation between pipe openings and pot...
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Jussi Virtala
jurtala
Mar 30, 2011 11:30 am
Hi Ted You asked, "How am I getting a run dry state?" Water has always some air dissolved in it. This is the air fish breath. =)  But when you heat water,...
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Slater Harrison
slaterharrison
Mar 30, 2011 12:11 pm
Hi All, To add to what Jussi has said, there is a good article by Jeff Bindon about pop pops engines in general, and specifically the dissolved air problem. On...
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Millington, Gavin
gavin_millin...
Mar 30, 2011 1:21 pm
Hi all, First I've been a lurker here for a while. Thanks. Air in the engine. I've not built any true Pop-pop engines but have a few coil type engines. I've...
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jeanyves_renaud
Mar 30, 2011 1:37 pm
Hi Jussi, Ted and Slater. Let me add some explanations. (More details are available on Loïc's site www.eclecticspace.net .) Though it is not exactly air that...
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jeanyves_renaud
Mar 30, 2011 4:29 pm
Hi Gavin. Depending how they are heated, coil engines could have several natural frequencies because each loop can contain water and gas, and not the same...
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theo570
Mar 31, 2011 4:24 pm
Ok, in my design I have what amounts to a large boiler in that it is 1.5 inches in diameter and about .75 inches deep (Dome). I have both pipes (.125 OD, about...
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zoomkat
Mar 31, 2011 11:40 pm
Lot of different ideas on how pop pop engines work and what would be the best design. I think the bottom line principal idea is that the boiler internal volume...
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Daryl
darylcanada73
Apr 1, 2011 8:49 am
From your description if I understand correctly I would suggest a maximum depth of the boiler at about 1/8 inch and the rise from the top of the pipe outlets...
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Pete
northriver07
Apr 1, 2011 1:01 pm
I came across this site and wanted to share. Will contact. http://www.jaffakree.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/poppop/ ...
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Frank McNeill
frankmcneilll
Apr 1, 2011 1:21 pm
Hi Pete, Somebody invited this guy to join the group a while back. No response-- so try, try again? Old Frank...
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Daryl
darylcanada73
Apr 2, 2011 8:29 am
PS Read your pipe size as .125 ID then realized it was OD. This is a bit small. Perhaps 1/8 t0 5/32 ID would be better. D....
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zoomkat
Apr 7, 2011 1:27 am
Wonder how much the below Miss England will bring? ...
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Motleyjust
mjmnbm
Apr 7, 2011 1:31 am
It is very nice looking. So far the bid is less than the postage to the U.S. motleyjustmotleynothingbutmotley ... From: zoomkat <Zoomkat@...> To:...
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zoomkat
Apr 7, 2011 1:48 am
... Check out the replica: http://www.stanleysteamers.com/phantomboats/photos.htm...
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Motleyjust
mjmnbm
Apr 7, 2011 1:58 am
All of a sudden, the price for the original is darn cheap, even with postage. Of course the price may go way up over the next three days. ...
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Jussi Virtala
jurtala
Apr 8, 2011 8:31 am
Hi all I made a funny pop pop boat video to youtube a few weeks ago. It might be more funny, if you understand the lyrics of song, but maybe you regonise it....
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zoomkat
Apr 17, 2011 5:54 pm
For those that collect pop pop boats, the below Pursuit boat might be of interest. These appear to be the same as the ones made in the past for Schylling. The...
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Pete
northriver07
Apr 19, 2011 1:17 pm
Here's a link for an RC tug boat project. http://www.earlmorse.org/steamboatingpages/steamhappens16/steamhappens16\ .htm ...
