Warbird Information Exchange

Maybe you've seen this before, but if not, check this out. Yeah, it really flew.

Granted, at five hundred pounds/150 horsepower, the power to weight ratio wasn't that great. But still - can't help but wonder ...

With modern alloys and other improvements, who knows? Run it on biodiesel, and you could have one Lean Mean Green Flyin' Machine.

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The main winding was of the normal lotus-o deltoid type placed in panendermic semi-bolloid slots of the stator. Every seventh conductor being connected by a non-reversible tremmy pipe to the differential girdle spring on the up-end of the grammeters. Moreover, whenever fluorescent square motion is required, it may also be employed in conjunction with the drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal depleneration.

Apparently it flew and ran just fine. Just seems odd....a steam-powered airplane...although coal is pretty cheap!

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Curator for the Waco Historical Society Air Museum
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Forget the coal think about using nuclear power to heat that water. It has been attempted but the nuclear programs were never carried thru to perfection. Forget all that stuff I still have fun burning up dead dinosaurs (I am doing a lot of it sitting always behind round engines)

Now frankly I'd like to have the design plans for that - just in case it'd be useful in 40 years or so...

Ryan

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Aerial Photographer with Red Wing Aerial Photography currently based at KRBD and tailwheel CFI.
Websites: Texas Tailwheel Flight Training, DoolittleRaid.com and Lbirds.com.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

IIRC, the original shop drawings are in the Smithsonian.

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The main winding was of the normal lotus-o deltoid type placed in panendermic semi-bolloid slots of the stator. Every seventh conductor being connected by a non-reversible tremmy pipe to the differential girdle spring on the up-end of the grammeters. Moreover, whenever fluorescent square motion is required, it may also be employed in conjunction with the drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal depleneration.

The engine itself is:
http://picasaweb.google.com/travelerpai ... 3499529314




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http://www.biplanerides1.com/

Thanks for the photo. Next time I'm in DC, I'll have to check that out.


Something I found on YouTube: Newsreel footage of the Besler Steam Car and Airplane. Love it when he throws the Travel Air into reverse!

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The main winding was of the normal lotus-o deltoid type placed in panendermic semi-bolloid slots of the stator. Every seventh conductor being connected by a non-reversible tremmy pipe to the differential girdle spring on the up-end of the grammeters. Moreover, whenever fluorescent square motion is required, it may also be employed in conjunction with the drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal depleneration.