steam engine
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4468 Mallard
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a33918204/4468-mallard-history/- Grey Havoc
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- 1930s 1960s a4-class steam locomotive london and north eastern railway national railway museum railways steam engine train world record world steam record
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- Forum: The Bar
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Steam engine for tanks
I have read that the Germans experimented with steam power for their Panzers in ww2. I expect that the multi-fuel nature of this technology was attactive to the Germans when they started to run out of petrol. Steam engines can produce high torque at low speeds, an attactive feature for a tank...- goose
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- steam steam engine steampunk
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- Forum: Secret Army Projects
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Besler's steam-powered aircraft designs
You thought the Besler steam-engine biplane of 1933 (see next post) was wacky? Meet the 1954 Boundary Layer Control (BLC) aircraft project with FOUR steam engines!! Source: A STEAM POWERPLANT FOR AN AIRPLANE EQUIPPED WITH BOUNDARY-LAYER CONTROL (University of Wichita, September 1954) [NOTE...- Stargazer
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- steam steam engine steampunk
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- Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects