Malcolm Nixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:54:32 +0100, Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >> >>Steam engines have some nice features, though, including silence, lack >>of vibration, maximum torque at zero revs, and of course the >>opportunity to have a whistle. > >Not quite silent - you can hear it all happening down in the 'ole, and >a single cylinder most certainly does have vibration
The engine I had designed was a compound (two cylinders, each double acting) so it should have been quite smooth. >whistle - who uses the whistle ;-)) Everyone who can reach it. Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
