Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

   Also see earlier post today in the "wanted" section.

    On the left is a "TF10" (the last of 5?), at right another. I can't recall the name of the latter, can anyone refresh my memory? I have had them both for many years.

   These engines are incredible when enough PSI is pumped into them, making a loud high-pitched screaming whine that sounds just like a big turbine, and then lasts for minutes as they wind down. Its all about the audio with these.

    Too bad it requires dumping almost the entire contents of a 5 gallon air tank at 100 PSI all at once, but it is absolutely worth the trouble!

 

That should be big enough to run them both at the same time!

That should be big enough to run them both at the same time!

Haha I feed that tank with 2 gas wheelbarrow compressors

   
My Pelton mini under steam

Thanks Doug for posting the run . My pelton is the only one that has resistance when turned by hand and it is thirsty on air . I have run my TS 532 with 5 :1 gear reduction on17 psi of air running 4 Jensen gens . However when I tried to run off a 3" Jensen boiler @ 660 watts and starting at 30 psi it would not spool up . I think the big turbine acted as a heat sink killing the steam . I ment to work on insulation of the turbine  but but have not yet .
Nile

I had one that would only work on steam and not on air. Go figure...