Wilesco D-6 Steam Engine Replica

[Triop]

A toy steam engine from the past coming back to life thanks to the new DLC.

CRAFT FILE : https://kerbalx.com/Triop/Wilesco-D-6-Steam-Engine

 

Enjoy

Edited June 10, 2019 by Triop

[klond]

 I like that the furnace has flames and looks hot inside.  It's neat that the wheel goes below the baseline height.

[Majorjim!]

So can we power a real train with this? First to make that and put it on real tracks wins KSP. 

[FleshJeb]

8 hours ago, Majorjim! said:

So can we power a real train with this? First to make that and put it on real tracks wins KSP. 

His is hub-driven--I converted it to piston-driven: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hnnz2j240ff8qcp/Wilesco D-6-FJ-1.craft?dl=0

It has a heck of a time starting and stabilizing in the correct direction. Two things I think would help are a larger radius for the piston attachment, and boosting the startup with the hubs. I tried boosting this one, but it was not successful. Check the two KALs on mine.

Math here:

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