I suppose the idea behind a 3 or 4 cylinder hot air engine is to make it self starting, I'm sure it would work. E.W. ----- Original Message ----- From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:58 AM Subject: [modeleng] Re: What do you make? > I reckon that the main objective to this, or any, hobby is to enjoy > yourself. > If you make a 4 cylinder Stirling engine and it doesn't work, provided you > have the pleasure of trying it, it really isn't important. > > Having said that, I can see no reason why it wouldn't work. I am sure I have > seen reference to multi-cylinder Stirlings (or one of the heat engines) in > ME or EIM some time ago.. > > alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > www.alanstepney.info > Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway technical pages. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <KJones9154@xxxxxxx> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 9:05 AM > Subject: [modeleng] Re: What do you make? > > > Mornin' All, > > snipped > Is there some basic reason why it won't work? Am I just wasting my time?. > Regards Ken Jones in dull and wet Berkshire. > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.