Scratch Built Rotary Valve Model Engine

• Scratch Built Rotary Valve Model Engine
  Posted by Alan UK on 23 Jul, 2021 08:34
• Saw this on ebay and thought that it was an interesting and unusual design.
  
  Scratch Built Rotary Valve Model Engine
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  Posted by PO9R4S4CHE on 23 Jul, 2021 12:34
• great share.  thanks for making this video.
  
  
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  Posted by parallelmotion on 23 Jul, 2021 18:52
• Enjoyed the video. Marklin used this rotary valve design in one of its toy engines about 100 years ago:
  
  https://youtu.be/LOht5uOvhb0
  
  
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  Posted by Alan UK on 24 Jul, 2021 05:36
• An interesting variation. Markilin appear to have used a separate shaft for the valve driven via gearing from the crankshaft.
  I really like the inline flyball governor.
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  Posted by Dampfopa on 24 Jul, 2021 05:40
• Two videos that clearly illustrate the rotary valve principle. Thank you for showing them.
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