16 Cylinder Stirling Engine
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16 Cylinder Stirling Engine
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools !
Wow, that is amazing! Lots of other cool stuff on his website I'll be looking at too.
My dad built a 1 cyl Stirling back in the '70's from a kit. He didn't like using an open flame to fuel it so he fabricated a solar reflector dish & could run it on sunlight only. It wasn't very powerful but the concept worked. He was thinking if he could build something like it on a grander scale, he could make a auxiliary motor for a sailboat that never needed fuel. He could sail around the world for free!
It never did pan out but he had a lot of fun working with it & dreaming about a round the world trip.
My dad built a 1 cyl Stirling back in the '70's from a kit. He didn't like using an open flame to fuel it so he fabricated a solar reflector dish & could run it on sunlight only. It wasn't very powerful but the concept worked. He was thinking if he could build something like it on a grander scale, he could make a auxiliary motor for a sailboat that never needed fuel. He could sail around the world for free!
It never did pan out but he had a lot of fun working with it & dreaming about a round the world trip.
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