RSSMaker Faire: Steam turbine tank
The future, powered by steam, and at Maker Faire with Crabfu-
So what do you do after you've made a bunch of steam powered r/c tanks? Well you try making a steam turbine tank of course! Making a steam turbine r/c machine has sort of been one of my Holy Grails, but there are many issues with steam turbines, that made it difficult for me to tackle on the project.
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Posted by Phillip Torrone |
May 13, 2007 12:00 AM
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| Posted by: ray@teamwidget.com on May 13, 2007 at 10:07 AM |
I can understand the noise factor being important, but what does using a turbine vs a piston give you? He talked about the difficulties but not why turbines are cool in respect to the pistons.
| Posted by: Crabfu on May 13, 2007 at 11:06 AM |
As with any & all of my steam projects.... the reason that I make any of it, is just trying something unusual and stupid :)
Yeah the steam turbine tank isn't the easiest, or most efficient steam contraption compared to steam pistons. But neither is a walker compared to wheeled, or steam compared to electric etc.
-Crabfu
| Posted by: daniel5596 on June 5, 2007 at 5:45 AM |
excelent design however the down side is the noise of the actual engine working. I work with engines and i no the principle of how they work. But what i would like to no is how motion is applied to all the wheels is it be a connecting rod?
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