Large Stirling Hot Air Engine

some usefull work. This is an on-going project, the engine is not yet finished but it works! Built around 4 stud bar colums, the displacer cylinder is a stainless pasta tin, the piston is an old footpump cylinder (with a new cast polyester piston). Old saucepans form the furnace (bottom) and the water jacket (at the top) which creates the heat differential between the two ends. The oscilating piston is connected via bit of flexible garden hose, and the flywheel is cast iron. The plan is to ...

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YouTube | October 23, 2008

Tags:. .usefull. .saucepans. .colums. .flywheel. .displacer