Mamod roadster run.

MrDuck · Mamod roadster run.

Well, weather hasn't been favorable, too gusty, and most outdoors are uneven so I finally did what any responsible adult would do -I cleaned out my kitchen floor so I can play with my toys

Not a speed monster but that is due to the meths burner that goes out after 5mins so I'm working on that now.

Here goes and hope you enjoy

BTW, could this be considered or bad performance?

Earlytimes

It sounds and runs very good..... Very Classic looking too

MrDuck

Thanks, Bob, I only wish I had gotten it when a kid

The Denying Dutchman

That's the only "dislike" about Mamod steam cars, they need lots of space to play with. Ok, the exhaust pointing at the floor is also a minor nuisance.

MrDuck

It's fun once you find the space it wants

I'm going away tomorrow and I'm not sure I have anything it fits with ease

ItSteams

Nice ! my rat would have loved it

Tony Bird

Hi,

I have had one of those sitting in the work shop for a couple of months having seeing how well they perform I must do something about getting it running.

Regards Tony.

peol

Spooky... where's the driver?
Actually looks very good and runs at a nice speed for indoors use.

loose nut 45

46u

Runs well.

I have one that I built out of a kit so it was new. I took one of the belts off and ran it for about 3 boiler worth to seat it in. But cannot get it to run much nothing like yours. Yes they take more room to run then the tractor. Thanks for the video!

Freespawn

great stuff

nice vid now we need a race between the two

Celsius 100

Runs well and only one collision too.

Erwin45

Mind the walls....

belugawhaleman

I have an unfired roadster and a fire engine that I converted
to gas. Runs great, but has a habit of banging into
everything. :

Anyway, thanks for
the video. No photobucket complaints here.

sarfraz

Runs very well, great purchase.

mrborinator

All I can say is, great Mamod you have ...

Thanks for the nice vid.

Rob.

Les

That goes very well indeed.

Dean W

I think it runs at a pretty good clip, Petri. Looks nice, too.

MrDuck

Thank you very much, gentlemen

I forgot about the crash but it is part of being mobile I guess

The burner is tested to 10mins of nice flame so it's all ready for the road

MODmanMax

Thats as good as they go and yours is a very nice example.

The twin cylinder LeMans model has a bit more grunt from what I have see on a video.

I have a wrecked model, like this one, which is waiting for some mods to squeeze more performance out of it. They really need a twin double acting engine to stop them stalling on a small stone or bump.

MrDuck

Putting a rubber line on the rear connection took away any slippage but it is a very heavy engine and steam hungry.

I'm trying to imagine what something similar would do with a slide valve setup.
Comparing to the D36 I would say they are about on par for torque but the D36 is also a very heavy engine.

I 'spose the first step would be to equip the roadster with a slide valve setup for comparison.