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Title: Re: The ECO Rider Ericsson Rides Again, YEE HAA!
Post by: RichSteamTx on April 27, 2024, 06:44:11 am
That's a nice little engine, thanks for the video!
Title: Re: The ECO Rider Ericsson Rides Again, YEE HAA!
Post by: AirSpyder on April 26, 2024, 09:19:21 pm
Never doubted it ;)
Title: Re: The ECO Rider Ericsson Rides Again, YEE HAA!
Post by: Nick on April 26, 2024, 08:07:25 pm
Looks like it’s running good to me and at a perfect speed 8)
Title: Re: The ECO Rider Ericsson Rides Again, YEE HAA!
Post by: Woe is me on April 25, 2024, 09:11:01 pm
Quote from: Maxwell on April 25, 2024, 04:32:27 pm
Very happy for you that you got it to run, and you had a great deal too!


Thank you, it's been a while since I messed with a little Rider.
With one, you have let it get hot. It's cold blooded.
Title: Re: The ECO Rider Ericsson Rides Again, YEE HAA!
Post by: txlabman on April 25, 2024, 06:50:04 pm
👏👏👏👏
Title: Re: The ECO Rider Ericsson Rides Again, YEE HAA!
Post by: Maxwell on April 25, 2024, 04:32:27 pm
Very happy for you that you got it to run, and you had a great deal too!
Title: Re: The ECO Rider Ericsson Rides Again, YEE HAA!
Post by: Woe is me on April 25, 2024, 12:41:04 am
Quote from: Stoker on April 24, 2024, 05:07:56 pm

(Tommy, you have a warped mind ..... I can admire that in a person!!!)  ;c)

Gee, tanks alot Daniel, your OK too.

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Title: Re: The ECO Rider Ericsson Rides Again, YEE HAA!
Post by: Stoker on April 24, 2024, 05:07:56 pm
Well that looks like it is doing just fine. One problem with our model Steam and Stirling engines, in my view at least, is that they tend to run too fast, so that a more sedate pace like your video shows, especially with a beam linkage machine, is generally desirable, I think.

One thing I do with mine, that I consider an enhancement, is to use a PM Research Solar One engine burner cap with the single smallish wick, in place of the wide surface area burner provided with the Eco Motor engines. I think the smaller, more concentrated flame, focuses better on the displacers heat cap, wasting less of the fire and fuel, so I seem to get longer and better runs.

Edit: The above technique works with the horizontal model of the ECO Motor engine but does not work with the Rider-Ericsson model as the knock out cap for its open burner is a smaller size than that used for the Solar One!

If you already have one of the older Solar Engines of Phoenix Arizona Solar One engines, or one of the newer models now produced by PM Research, then just borrow that burner cap and give it a try. If you like the result, as I do, then order up a dedicated replacement for your new R-E Eco Stirling and you're good to go!

(Tommy, you have a warped mind ..... I can admire that in a person!!!)  ;c)
Title: The ECO Rider Ericsson Rides Again, YEE HAA!
Post by: Woe is me on April 24, 2024, 03:31:29 pm
Some of you had your doubts which gave me some too. But Daniel talked me through it,(thanks Stoker)
and with some adjustments, and nerves of steal, it rides again. Enjoy.
(Oh wow, when I turn it around so you can see the linkage, it looks kind of naughty) ::)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgeFPbVgc90