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

Well the only down fall I can think of having the steam chest away from the cylinder.
Is the steam could cool and condense, even a minute amount would be slightly detrimental.
I'm sure someone has tried it at some point in the last 200 years. If it worked and was an
improvement over the chest being directly connected, then they all would have done it.
Try it, maybe you can improve the mousetrap.