This is a spin off from another thread, I thought it better to go into the engines here.
I really like the 6 cylinder radial engine! that is really nice work, I dont have a compressor so I will be using steam. Compressed air looks really handy for testing engines etc and keeping at least variable controllable. How much difference have you found with things like wear rate using compressed air instead of steam?
Because I havnt used compressed air I am mostly guessing here, but it would seem reasonable to assume less wear with a dry compressor? I was surprised you dont seem to use any oil with the 6 cylinder doing 30,000 rpm! Had I of not seen your video i would swear blind that oil at those rpm's was a must have, but that engine seems to run beautifully without it.
I would really like to build up the skills to make something like that, I dont know why but I like steam and making a boiler, however seeing yours run on compressed air sure makes it attractive from a practical point of view to try and get a compressor.
dad has talked about getting a dry compressor like dentists use, this is for the GC as currently we use air cylinders and it gets expensive.
What volume of air do you use roughly? I am wondering how big a compressor would be best to get (actually I am wondering how cheap a compressor I can get away with ).
great videos you have on you tube by the way.
Sorry the above is aimed at gary350
I really like the 6 cylinder radial engine! that is really nice work, I dont have a compressor so I will be using steam. Compressed air looks really handy for testing engines etc and keeping at least variable controllable. How much difference have you found with things like wear rate using compressed air instead of steam?
Because I havnt used compressed air I am mostly guessing here, but it would seem reasonable to assume less wear with a dry compressor? I was surprised you dont seem to use any oil with the 6 cylinder doing 30,000 rpm! Had I of not seen your video i would swear blind that oil at those rpm's was a must have, but that engine seems to run beautifully without it.
I would really like to build up the skills to make something like that, I dont know why but I like steam and making a boiler, however seeing yours run on compressed air sure makes it attractive from a practical point of view to try and get a compressor.
dad has talked about getting a dry compressor like dentists use, this is for the GC as currently we use air cylinders and it gets expensive.
What volume of air do you use roughly? I am wondering how big a compressor would be best to get (actually I am wondering how cheap a compressor I can get away with ).
great videos you have on you tube by the way.
Sorry the above is aimed at gary350
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