Peter’s Metalwork: Hot Air Engine: A Bit Overwhelming

Posted 2006-07-29. Permalink. Send Comment. Next. Prev.

I got a chance to glane through the kit. The kit consists of:

A woodend base display board
A bunch of metal disks and rods
An acrylic disk
A plastic connecting tube
Somes screws
A whick
A list of components and the parts (or parts of parts) they use.
A bunch of A3 sheets with construction diagrams.
An Engine Troubleshooting page.
An Engine Maintenance page.

I was hoping for more of a step-by-step construction plan, but the plan does appear to have everything needed. The first components requires silver and soft soldering, which I’ve never done before so that will certainly be a new experience (and probably require some new tools).

While I was already expecting the project to take many years of very part time work (with two young kids, very part time is as much as there is!), but it is all a bit overwhelming. Still, having built a solar powered car, I am sure I'll manage it eventually!

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