The archaic meths burners will go but I am left with the silly hand pump in the tender for water top up. Now there is an axle pump when running, but an R/C controlled electric pump makes an obvious solution. The question is should I simply make this a motor and crank arrangement or has anyone any experience of a high revs turbine pump in minature
Hello Terry, some folks would not be happy even if the Loco was given to them. Maybe this person can pay Aster to "Redesign" a Spam Can just for them. Let's see: instead of a "Archaic" meths burner, maybe they can use a solar powered, radiant, ceramic tile (from the space shuttle) more Earth friendly burner. Maybe a ecentric from a driver axle can turn a small generator that will power a gyro balanced electric turbo water pump. Since this arrangement will create high revs., Aster will have to employ the people at "Lucas Oil" to develope a new oil to meet these high demands. Maybe something like the hydrolic fluids that were developed for the Mach. 3+ SR.71 Black Bird spy plane. Electro magnetic feeler gauges can be installed in the boiler to tell water level, thus doing away with the "Archaic" old fashioned water glass. A second boiler (also solar powered) could be installed in the tender to preboil the water to make sure that it is distilled. Aster chemist's could check the water every batch or two to make sure that nothing is leaching into the system that will attack the boiler silver soldering. Every angle on each throttle and blower part has to be redesigned and recut so that "perfect" adjustment can be achieved.......if it works for hundreds of other Aster owners out there but not just "one" .............it needs to be redesigned. /DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/mls/emoticons/hehe.gif
Hello Terry, some folks would not be happy even if the Loco was given to them. Maybe this person can pay Aster to "Redesign" a Spam Can just for them. Let's see: instead of a "Archaic" meths burner, maybe they can use a solar powered, radiant, ceramic tile (from the space shuttle) more Earth friendly burner. Maybe a ecentric from a driver axle can turn a small generator that will power a gyro balanced electric turbo water pump. Since this arrangement will create high revs., Aster will have to employ the people at "Lucas Oil" to develope a new oil to meet these high demands. Maybe something like the hydrolic fluids that were developed for the Mach. 3+ SR.71 Black Bird spy plane. Electro magnetic feeler gauges can be installed in the boiler to tell water level, thus doing away with the "Archaic" old fashioned water glass. A second boiler (also solar powered) could be installed in the tender to preboil the water to make sure that it is distilled. Aster chemist's could check the water every batch or two to make sure that nothing is leaching into the system that will attack the boiler silver soldering. Every angle on each throttle and blower part has to be redesigned and recut so that "perfect" adjustment can be achieved.......if it works for hundreds of other Aster owners out there but not just "one" .............it needs to be redesigned. /DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/mls/emoticons/hehe.gif
