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Re: Marklin's rotary valve engine
« Reply #15 on: May 19, 2020, 10:19:51 am »
 This has to be the quietest Marklin they made. I have a couple that are at the other end of the noise scale.
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Re: Marklin's rotary valve engine
« Reply #16 on: May 20, 2020, 06:17:58 pm »
Just a quick update. There was some binding in the governor arms when I made the video. Since then I've fixed the problem and as the governor balls move outward the rotating spindle (valve) is pulled outward which does in fact reduce steam supply and slow the engine--an actual working governor as advertised by Marklin. 
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Re: Marklin's rotary valve engine
« Reply #17 on: May 21, 2020, 12:31:05 am »
A nice engine. I have never seen a rotary valve before. Interesting and lovely, thanks for the video.
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Re: Marklin's rotary valve engine
« Reply #18 on: May 21, 2020, 08:48:04 pm »
Quote from: parallelmotion on May 20, 2020, 06:17:58 pm
Just a quick update. There was some binding in the governor arms when I made the video. Since then I've fixed the problem and as the governor balls move outward the rotating spindle (valve) is pulled outward which does in fact reduce steam supply and slow the engine--an actual working governor as advertised by Marklin.


   A video of the governor working would be nice.....    it can be simple.... like mine  ;)
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Re: Marklin's rotary valve engine
« Reply #19 on: May 22, 2020, 01:28:00 am »
That’s Sweet! I never knew that anyone made a rotary valve engine like that.
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