Whoa! The D18 model has an electric generator and light, and they have a movie of it running! See:
http://www.toysteam.net/wid18final.wmv You can hear the sound change as the RPMs change. The thing runs much smoother with fewer vibrations than the D6 model. The D2 will vibrate itself off a table at full speed. You can see the D15 doing that and making a wonderful racket: http://www.toysteam.net/wid15final.wmv Great stuff! Rossi should get a 4 kW steam engine for his next demo. I'll bet you can find one somewhere. Steam engines are nifty machines. These little ones make a lot of noise, but the big ones are quieter per kilowatt than an internal combustion engine. - Jed
