THere is a company which is advocating a different way about building steam engines and claim models that range from fractions of hp to 50 hp.

[www.greensteamengine.com]

It appears that the engines are very space efficient as well, can fit inside a tube, and are light, which would seem ideal for something like a steam bike.

They also are cheap less then $150 for a 2 cylinder kit that makes 10hp
Does anyone have any opinions on these engines or experience?

-Robert Hopkins



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/26/2010 02:34PM by Stanleyguy101.

The claims which include three factories in China, 500hp, 24% efficency and being tested by the US Army are deranged or show a rich fantasy life.
The actual unit is badly designed with problems in the swivel joints, piston O ring sticking and lousy plans. I contract built one for a friend and wish I'd never seen the hideous monstrosity. If you google green steam my comments while building appear on a couple of sites. The you tube videos are closely monitored by the designer and nothing except drooling adulation by technically incompetent nitwits is allowed in the comments section.
Do not walk, RUN away from this disaster.
By the way if you go to Douglas Self's website (the museum of retrotech) you will see more in line engines very similar to the green steam than you can shake a stick at dating back to the 1800's
Cheers

Not new, not green, not likely.

If driven, it might make an interesting air pump for the aquarium,

...but why, ....support tropical fish in space?

my $.02 <smile>

JW

Thanks for the information.
I'm not planning on building anything for a couple years, but this is the sort of criticism I wanted to see because on the website it doesn't go into much detail about rpms or anything and it does seem a little bit peculiarly cheap for a 10 hp engine.

Robert