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Translated by AltaVista,
June 14, 2004. Posted here for historic archive purposes.
Within the framework of their TPE, Lionel Fath, Julien Weissenbacher, Olivier Bichler and Andrι Hirschler, built this original prototype which does not miss interest.
some remarkable characteristics:
- the green parts are manufactured out of self-lubricating plastic which ensures at the same time a low coefficient of friction and a good wear resistance - the deplacor is rather original him also, since it consists of a balsa framework on which is tended of a each with dimensions aluminium foil (, opened opposite) - a wire rolled up on the axis of the driving wheel is used to impose a resistive torque, function of the weight of the transparent nacelle - to decrease the formation of folds, the membrane (yellow) was cut out in a balloon of goldbeater's skin The whole of these elements gets for the engine good performances: operation starting from a difference in temperature of only 12°C, and number of revolutions of 300 rpm when it is posed on an ebullient water container.
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