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L.North

Vids of my African Queen.

First time I ever made a vid to post. Sorry for the quality. My Kodak is an old one. Oh yes. I have asthma and you can hear me breathing on one. Just call me Swamp Monster stalking the old steam boat. It was windy outside and hard to keep the Esbit going. First vid has the boat going a little slow. 2nd vid has it somewhat faster. Spot of water on the lens on the 2nd vid. I need a bigger prop to get a little more speed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URWL10Ew-9s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69FLk6PgA3E
Bugsy

I loved them!
Keep up the good work!
johnreid



L.North

Oh Johnreid. You're a doll   I have to learn to do that.
johnreid

Aw shucks
Les

Hopefully a change of prop will make all the difference.  
mogogear

L.North wrote:
Oh Johnreid. You're a doll   I have to learn to do that.


Pictures are nothing, he made me this ships- hat a while back and you ought to see what he can do with a Delorean........... a man born before his time 
bessytractor

it even sounds like the african queen!  Good one!
Sandman

Great stuff.  

Loved the sound. A real chug chug. Brilliant.
IndianaRog

Linda, I wouldn't change a thing,,,it chugs and putts along at a very scale like speed.  Really cool!
Caprice

First, good ingenuity to build that boat, It looks good!

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IndianaRog wrote:
...it chugs and putts along at a very scale like speed.  Really cool!


Is "real" steam boats really "that" slow(no offense meant); seeing some videos they could be quite fast IMHO:

First a steam launch (with a compound engine though) capable of 19! knots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pevBsMkq_F8

Then one with a single cylinder engine, I could be wrong but I estimate the speed to ~5 knots(not full throttle?):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWKYH8894SQ&feature=related

(Sorry for not embedding)

Regards C.
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