Building a Steam Motor for an Aircraft; Thoughts from the Online Think Tank
Oh boy, I can here it now, those crazy men in their flying machines the go upty up up and they go down didy didy down.
Well at the Online Think Tank no subject or topic is off limits and thus someone posed the question; how about a steam powered motor for an aircraft noting that in 1934 and 1935 a couple of folks actually built one and it worked.
Had anyone done anything like that since? Should we and thus the dialogue began; I do recall some of the NASA stuff and AFRL stuff was on the Discovery Channel once? Maybe you saw that too? The French are always doing crazy stuff like this.
New materials will make it all feasible of course, that is if Skunk Works, DARPA or Boeing, Northrop is not already doing some of this stuff now, I would not be surprised as it is a logical step.
Although remember many people are worried about hot air in the higher altitudes, using steam means you are not getting away from that issue really.
Although using water it does boil at different temperatures at different altitudes so the system would have to be pressurized of course or the power would be at issue? How did General Electric make those trains go over the mountains in China? Might be an interesting usage, but I doubt they were steam engines, probably jet engines and they probably borrowed that technology from aviation anyway? What about that Sterling motor someone asked? Well, I like the Sterling motor design.
If the aircraft were light enough like a glider type aircraft.
Got to love the Aerovironment Pathfinder by the way.
Or if the aircraft were like those model sailplanes, then you could put a tiny motor on that, use that part time.
Glide, charge, fly, glide charge? Is that your thought? Or how about on the latest UAV type dirigibles? Shape changers that can glide like a plane and then inflate again, fueless aircraft? Indeed, I have considered a couple of types of hydro-dirigibles, that would in essence be two saucer wing shaped sandwiched balloons, with an hour glass in between where the water turned the propeller and then the unit did a slow roll and the hour glass with the water gravity fed again turning a propeller.
The balloons would need sheets of solar panels, very lightweight again like MacCready's Pathfinder.
You just never know what will happen when the aviation subject comes up at the Online Think Tank these days.
I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought.
The goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007.
I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.
Well at the Online Think Tank no subject or topic is off limits and thus someone posed the question; how about a steam powered motor for an aircraft noting that in 1934 and 1935 a couple of folks actually built one and it worked.
Had anyone done anything like that since? Should we and thus the dialogue began; I do recall some of the NASA stuff and AFRL stuff was on the Discovery Channel once? Maybe you saw that too? The French are always doing crazy stuff like this.
New materials will make it all feasible of course, that is if Skunk Works, DARPA or Boeing, Northrop is not already doing some of this stuff now, I would not be surprised as it is a logical step.
Although remember many people are worried about hot air in the higher altitudes, using steam means you are not getting away from that issue really.
Although using water it does boil at different temperatures at different altitudes so the system would have to be pressurized of course or the power would be at issue? How did General Electric make those trains go over the mountains in China? Might be an interesting usage, but I doubt they were steam engines, probably jet engines and they probably borrowed that technology from aviation anyway? What about that Sterling motor someone asked? Well, I like the Sterling motor design.
If the aircraft were light enough like a glider type aircraft.
Got to love the Aerovironment Pathfinder by the way.
Or if the aircraft were like those model sailplanes, then you could put a tiny motor on that, use that part time.
Glide, charge, fly, glide charge? Is that your thought? Or how about on the latest UAV type dirigibles? Shape changers that can glide like a plane and then inflate again, fueless aircraft? Indeed, I have considered a couple of types of hydro-dirigibles, that would in essence be two saucer wing shaped sandwiched balloons, with an hour glass in between where the water turned the propeller and then the unit did a slow roll and the hour glass with the water gravity fed again turning a propeller.
The balloons would need sheets of solar panels, very lightweight again like MacCready's Pathfinder.
You just never know what will happen when the aviation subject comes up at the Online Think Tank these days.
I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought.
The goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007.
I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.
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