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DesiPower

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A candle powered super simple steam engine. The engine is just a coil of copper tubing filled with water. Steam builds up pushing water out with an explosive jet- which then results in a vacuum in the coil which pulls more water in to repeat the process. The water expulsion is in the form of jet directed out the end of the tube, like your mum, whereas the refill comes back in to the tube from a larger range of angles- so on balance the engine moves opposite to the direction of the jets. -PhysicsFun https://www.instagram.com/p/BPnbLbJFXK0/?taken-by=physicsfun&hl=en

Reminds me of the steam boats we used to play with as kids...

https://www.amazon.com/Steam-Powered-Tin-Boat-Candle/dp/B00A2OQEAE
 

KMFJD

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yeah i was asked not to post huge gifs...not exactly sure what constitutes a huge one (i'm on a <3mb connection here and haven't had many issues) so i'll just post the links i guess ;)
 
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Ruptga

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yeah i was asked not to post huge gifs...not exactly sure what constitutes a huge one (i'm on a <3mb connection here and haven't had many issues) so i'll just post the links i guess ;)
webm is also a good option.