Steam Engine Boat

I am looking into building a steam boat style engine for a large boat project I am working on. It is my first and a steam engine seems most what I need. I know very little technical terms. Thank you!

Not at all impossible. But very difficult without extensive engineering knowledge and experience.

Best option is to purchase a steam engine and boiler from a builder, get your boiler attendant ticket and operators certificate and enjoy. To re-invent a couple of hundred years of technology from scratch will be very very hard to get right - and potentially lethal.

2009-07-08 20:08:03 by Niwdoog

Steam Boat, 2 Cylinder, High - Low Expansion, Steam Engine 1 2006 Powered with wood, fast food packaging, and uneaten french fries.

I'm making a steam engine for a model boat that is made of wood and about a foot long. i want the engine to be as small as i can make it with preferably house hold materials. i would like detailed instructions that are written not a movie.
pictures to would be helpful.

thanks.

We used to take a snuff can - solder a piece of brass tube to lower side of one end - feed the tube into the water at stern. Fill snuff box with water set over a small lit candel - steam will come out end of tube and propell boat.

2009-07-11 10:37:14 by Cam T

Vintage 1950 Tin Toy Replica with working Steam engine.
Made in India by Tin Treasures.
Brand new in the box Pop Pop Speed Boat .

I was Just wondering if it were possible that Heron invented anything other than the above objects, maybe a steam powered boat, i think it's possible. What do you think?

Hero saw the steam engine (that was also used to open a door) more as a toy than a practical device, it was not sufficient to power anything as large as a boat.

2008-02-28 00:02:26 by h

Price: $19.99 $18.39

Reproduction of a working 19th century pumping engine
No tools, no glue, no painting required
Easy to assemble, snap together kit

If it possible, which ones more effective? why?

If it possible, which ones better? why?

Zn would be best because it is the most resistant to corrosion

2009-08-23 04:08:27 by walahdalah

not the steam train or steam boat

The only type of steam engine in use today is the coal fired power plant, nuclear plant, and cogeneration power plants (nat gas).

The pros;

-High efficiency (for thermal systems)
-Low operating cost
-Long life (60+years)

The cons;
-High overhead
-High initial investment
-Low potential for further innovation (the technology can't be improved on much)
-Uses non-renewable fuel sources

2008-01-12 16:26:05 by jumpin