Tales of my Offerings to the God of Speed.
Thanks for that quote Bert Monro
Many of us have the above this is mine with my model flash steam hydroplane.
Had many crashes and repaired or built a fresh hull my last hull was very strong and survived over 130 mph crashes
My first crankshaft to a published design broke then made a stronger one that cracked my latest one has stood up to very high rpm and a lot of very fast runs.
Made many pistons and ported liners the quickest was a cast iron slipper piston with a dykes ring.
Played about with a few designs of cylinder heads the record one was the best until a high speed crash and quick cooling.
A minute crack in the valve seat appeared was hard to spot until hot.
The same happened in the steam generator tubing a series of longitude cracks happened they did not leak at 2500 psi cold as soon as warm pressure dropped.
Am assuming a bad batch of stainless tube my other batches were ok.
Cams and follower had a hard life and stellited the follower eventually which with solid lube providing clearance correct worked well.
Propeller breakages were common prop riders have to stand a lot of hammer.
Prop skegs smashed at times when propeller broke with prop shaft being bent as well.
Hope the K9 new owner can go quicker than 130 mph.
This video shows generator popping and pumps not seating correctly.
To finish in 2015 a high speed crash around 135mph?
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