"I have looked into this particular flight of fancy once or twice.
I've operated a traction engine a time or two, and I've joined SACA. I have my share of steam engine books and I know a place or 3 to get Steam Engine and Boiler…"
" There used to be a company called "Lindsay's Technical Books". (It appears they shut down in 2013.) At one time they offered a book about running gasoline engines on "producer gas",…"
Something everyone here seems to know something about to some extent. To the best of my knowledge many, (myself included) have little to no experience with these seemingly wonderful little contraptions.And the people that know are exceedingly rare to find.Gasifiers have an interesting history, but I'll leave it to the professionals to tell you all about it. The basics of it however are that the…See More
"steam planes. The Besler steamplane (A travelair 2000 converted from a Curtiss OX powerplant) It had an estimated range of 400 miles on a full tank of fuel, although operating at altitude was intended to increase range due to the lower boiling point…"