The Steamboating Forum

Summer is over ,i only got the sailing yacht to the orkneys, and i have to get back to work. As yet i have not got any thing built, and have had to change tack so to speak. the work on designing a new turbine has redirected itself to designing a pump , same mechanism less riggrous engineering . when...

ok hear is what i will aim for 125psi steam pressure 1 pound of steam per min 1 inch prop shaft 1000 rpm all these figures are pulled from the air to be corrected by any one that knows better i dont know about a boiler water feed pump, that may need to be seperate from the engine. i will be able to ...

hi :roll: Thanks for asking what part of the planet i am on, and not what planet. i am located in the far north of scotland, not ideal steam boat country unless you count the caladonian cannal. But i will be in Birmingham next mounth to look for manufacturing possibilitys at the nec. As to drawings ...

OK THIS IS MY FIRST AND PROBABLY THE STRANGEST POST YOU WILL SEE. I have reinvented the steam engine . I have a design for a hybrid piston turbine that i think would be good as a power source for boats! its not a complicated rotary steam engine (before you ask). I was thinking of putting it in a car...