Free Metalworking Project Plans: The Flame Eater (Vacuum) Engine by Jan Ridders
Material: Steel and Brass
Units (mm)
Back in February I posted plans for a Coffee Cup Stirling Engine by Jan Ridders, which have proved quite popular with more than 500 downloads to date.
Since the first engine went over so well with everyone, I thought it was about time for another. These plans are for a “Flame Eater” engine (AKA a Flame Sucker or Vacuum Engine).
The working principal is nicely illustrated by the animation below, but you really need to visit Jan’s site for the whole story on how this engine works, and what makes Jan’s design so special.
Here’s a short video of Jan’s Flame Eater in action:
If you decide to tackle this little engine, be sure to visit Jans site for lots great information on the theory, design, and construction of this great little engine.
Thanks Jan for contributing your plans!
1-Cyl_Flame-Eater_Internal_Valve_-_Jan_Ridders.pdf (3.7 MiB, 4,974 hits)
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Tags: Advanced, Engines, Units (mm), Videos
April 11th, 2009 at 11:11 AM
mm… thank you ))
December 7th, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Have tried to download Jan’s flame-eater several times over the last couple of days. Only ever seem to get around 2Mb into it and it drops out.
Also have downloaded Jans Coffeecup Engine 9 times over the past few months but always get a corrupted PDF file and not able to be opened.
I find the site as always an interesting place to explore.
Cheers Gar
December 8th, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Hi Gar, sorry you’re having trouble. I’ve had a few other visitors with issues opening a PDF that their system said was corrupt. In every case this was an issue with an old copy of Adobe Reader. Make sure your copy of Adobe is up to date and that should fix one of your issues. As far as downloading goes, I haven’t heard of any issues. However, I’d be happy to email you a copy of the plans if you still have issues downloading them. Let me know.
Sorry for the trouble,
Tyler
April 25th, 2010 at 12:52 PM
Thank you,I hope to be able to do it.
April 25th, 2010 at 12:56 PM
This little engine is my current project. I’m stuck at the moment because I don’t have a suitable way to mill the flats on the cylinder – but I’m working on that. I’ll get it sorted eventually.
If you build your own, share some pictures of it on the forum!