Experimental interest?

Experimental interest?

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17 September 2015 at 22:57 #204742
Cornish Jack
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Original idea or unnecessarily complex?

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17 September 2015 at 22:57 #24120
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18 September 2015 at 10:14 #204790
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Nutating engines seem to be an ongoing engineering subject, like wankels

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18 September 2015 at 10:22 #204792
JasonB
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Current thread on MEM about a nutating disc steam engine which will be an interesting project.
18 September 2015 at 10:52 #204801
Neil Wyatt
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There's also the very simple 'twisty' type, which itself was a re-invention of an engine in ME in the 1940s.

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18 September 2015 at 11:08 #204802
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David Urwick described a hot air engine with Nutator drive in MEDec1980, Jan 1981 and June1982.

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