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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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...