This engine is a relative motion engine same as the old Gnome mentioned above. There are no recipricating parts. It is the differences of centers that give the relative piston reciprication. There are many variations of these that have been built. Steam ......or compressed air enters the centre shaft a fixed port directs it to the piston passing the port and the pressure developed causes the piston to move really simple and reliable.
@@ranksns408 HI Ranks imagine in your head a circle with a dot at dead center. Now take a pencil and add a second dot about 1/4 to 1/3 off center of the other dot marking dead center. The crankshaft is the dead center dot and the off center dot is where the connecting rod and pistons attach to the off center dot. when you spin the cylinder case the crank stays still....it is fixed and does not move. The cranks spins around the dead center dot and the pistons etc spin around the off center dot. This creates the relative motion effect
@@thomasgalpin5506 thank you Mr. Thomas that was very helpful, 1 more thing that means we can off set 10 cylinder setup as inner circle in an encasing cam connecting outer circle, cylinder head on a stationary shaft with inlet 1 side & outlet on other, with half circle opening in either side 1 for inlet another for outlet
@@ranksns408 Hi Ranks Without a massive dessertation on resonance, it is not a good idea to use even numbered cylinders in any radial . steam is a bit different but best to err on the side of proven research and use odd number of cylinders. In this early engine there is a pipe in the center with the steam ports the pistons are all facing towards the center hub. The connecting rods are round pipes that are solidly connected to the pistons and outer rim with bolts and do not articulate. the outer casing is the dead center casing.. The pistons are the off center point. you will find that mechanical restrictions of limited space related to overall diameter will limit the length of stroke......build an experimental model first out of wood as that is the cheapest material to work with unless you own a cdc printer for plastic.
If the engine has linear pistons in it, it's not a "rotary" but a "radial." The latter being the most common aircraft engine type in the 1939s-40s. It even has the same audio profile of a radial aircraft engine. Having the entire motor spin was likely inspired by the Gnome radial aircraft engine of WWI. The Gnome was a gasoline IC with radial pistons but the entire motor spun around the drive shaft in order to provide cooling. The engine had a very high power-to-weight ratio but the gyroscopic effects and the needs to provide oil in the fuel limited its applications. If the researcher was using the Gnome for inspiration, he likely was trying to reduce the power/weight ratio of the steam engine. The power/weight ratio of steam engines improves as the engines grow larger but degrades as the engines grow smaller. The opposite happens in gasoline IC engines. That's why even today IC engines are used in the smaller range e.g. cars, trucks, mobile generators while steam is still used in ocean going ships and fixed power plants.
very cool. And Shannon Love makes a extremely interesting observation. I see below some comments that attempt to correct some details that Shannon says but doesnt take away the observation was meaningful. Well done.
The world needs to know how this works! Can you please have someone model it up in 3D software? I’d be happy to help you using fusion 3D. I’m actually working on developing a steam powered generator for people living off grid who need to easily recharge their batteries using fire wood and water instead of petrol.
@@nathanallen6411 Yes, but steam can be made from focussed solar without burning stuff enabling a clean high efficient steam engine with very few moving parts compared to “normal” steam engines.
The sun is incredibly powerful. I’ve seen solar dehydrators at work and solar water heaters. Concentration via steel mirrors? Have you tested anything along these lines?
Would love to see a drawing or disassembly of this engine.
This engine is a relative motion engine same as the old Gnome mentioned above. There are no recipricating parts. It is the differences of centers that give the relative piston reciprication. There are many variations of these that have been built. Steam ......or compressed air enters the centre shaft a fixed port directs it to the piston passing the port and the pressure developed causes the piston to move really simple and reliable.
Mr.Thomas I would like to know how I could off set centre like engine can help with drawing as i'am not a engineering guy simple drawing could help
@@ranksns408 HI Ranks imagine in your head a circle with a dot at dead center. Now take a pencil and add a second dot about 1/4 to 1/3 off center of the other dot marking dead center. The crankshaft is the dead center dot and the off center dot is where the connecting rod and pistons attach to the off center dot. when you spin the cylinder case the crank stays still....it is fixed and does not move. The cranks spins around the dead center dot and the pistons etc spin around the off center dot. This creates the relative motion effect
@@thomasgalpin5506 thank you Mr. Thomas that was very helpful, 1 more thing that means we can off set 10 cylinder setup as inner circle in an encasing cam connecting outer circle, cylinder head on a stationary shaft with inlet 1 side & outlet on other, with half circle opening in either side 1 for inlet another for outlet
@@ranksns408 Hi Ranks Without a massive dessertation on resonance, it is not a good idea to use even numbered cylinders in any radial . steam is a bit different but best to err on the side of proven research and use odd number of cylinders. In this early engine there is a pipe in the center with the steam ports the pistons are all facing towards the center hub. The connecting rods are round pipes that are solidly connected to the pistons and outer rim with bolts and do not articulate. the outer casing is the dead center casing.. The pistons are the off center point. you will find that mechanical restrictions of limited space related to overall diameter will limit the length of stroke......build an experimental model first out of wood as that is the cheapest material to work with unless you own a cdc printer for plastic.
@@thomasgalpin5506 how about PVC pipe would that do I have lots of it in my backyard
🔵 It's almost the antithesis of the traditional steam engine, which has all of its torque at lower RPM's.
If the engine has linear pistons in it, it's not a "rotary" but a "radial." The latter being the most common aircraft engine type in the 1939s-40s. It even has the same audio profile of a radial aircraft engine.
Having the entire motor spin was likely inspired by the Gnome radial aircraft engine of WWI. The Gnome was a gasoline IC with radial pistons but the entire motor spun around the drive shaft in order to provide cooling. The engine had a very high power-to-weight ratio but the gyroscopic effects and the needs to provide oil in the fuel limited its applications.
If the researcher was using the Gnome for inspiration, he likely was trying to reduce the power/weight ratio of the steam engine. The power/weight ratio of steam engines improves as the engines grow larger but degrades as the engines grow smaller. The opposite happens in gasoline IC engines. That's why even today IC engines are used in the smaller range e.g. cars, trucks, mobile generators while steam is still used in ocean going ships and fixed power plants.
Shannon Love Engines like the Gnome are classed as rotary engines.
very cool. And Shannon Love makes a extremely interesting observation. I see below some comments that attempt to correct some details that Shannon says but doesnt take away the observation was meaningful. Well done.
It's not an engine it's a MOTOR!!!!
Interesting indeed!
I'd like to see more of these types of ideas!
You have a very good sense of invention.
The world needs to know how this works! Can you please have someone model it up in 3D software? I’d be happy to help you using fusion 3D. I’m actually working on developing a steam powered generator for people living off grid who need to easily recharge their batteries using fire wood and water instead of petrol.
Researching this myself! Wood gas production seems more efficient than steam. Still learning
@@nathanallen6411 Yes, but steam can be made from focussed solar without burning stuff enabling a clean high efficient steam engine with very few moving parts compared to “normal” steam engines.
@@deanervik 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ I didn’t put the two technologies together. Brilliant.
The sun is incredibly powerful. I’ve seen solar dehydrators at work and solar water heaters. Concentration via steel mirrors? Have you tested anything along these lines?
Very cool, id like to see more of it ? And how on earth did that nice piece leave greenfield village ??? Amazing...
🔵 It's almost the antithesis of the traditional steam engine, which has all of its torque at lower RPM's. What is its working RPM and red line RPM?
Thank you for sharing:-)
Fascinating Engine but you are not getting very high yield energy because of only using compressed air and not actually powering by steam.
bike hub motor? looks cool.
That's awesome
hey can we get another video on this and see more of it? i'm trying to design my own version but it's difficult to wrap my head around.
very good. Could you show the drawing of the engine?
Very nice engine.
Very interesting idea!
Thanks for sharing this video, it doesn't seem to vibrate at all. Would you say it runs smoothly?
If this engine is efficient, then why didn't it put to use ?
Very Cool!
Test it with an generator would very interesting.
Do you have any plans for building this engine?
Could you fly with it?
very interesting
does it have torque?
i wanna make one
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Hermoso, sublime, excepcional !!!!!!!..................pero............que es ?
I know how it works
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