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Even had a "beta" setting to reverse the prop!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw6NFmcnW-8

http://www.airbornegrafix.com/HistoricA ... Besler.htm

WHAT will they think of next?

I´ve always thought that just some cars were run with wood gas during WWII here in Germany (due to fuel shortage) ...







But that was really new to me, Willie. Any idea why this idea wasn´t picked up and developed much more?

hmmmm it is said to be stealth... ekhem, silent i mean...

I am glad they got rid of the use of coal... Imagine in-fligh re-fueling

Willie,

Interesting.

Mefisto,

Coal burning...why do you think they got two seats?....the guy in the front seat is using a coal shovel to stoke up the firebox....


Merry Christmas.
Igor

...that kept it from further developement:

Weight... the gasoline air-cooled recip engines required less tubing and heat exchange resulting in lighter weight.

Fuel... even then, the oil companies had stroke. No pun intended.

The first aircraft ever to fly was steam powered

:FI:Sneaky_Russian wrote:The first aircraft ever to fly was steam powered

BUT could it REVERSE THE PROP??

AS for the question about feasibility and why it went no further? I rather imagine Dan hit the nail on the head. With today's technology it might be more feasible than then.

Even if it was a feasable idea in todays modern era would you trust your life to flying in a steam driven plane. Imagine if just one of the steamlines ruptured or the whole boiler went. Not only do you face death from crashing but your last moments could be in excrutiating agony from scald burns.

Mind you you wouldn't run out of hot water for a brew LOL

Wardog