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Building of an easy, cheap and reliable, DIY stirling engine full size model! It will be fired by wood and could be a great stirlingkit if it works! This is a fun engineering project that I will use to power a generator to provide energy. It will use an efficient rocket stove that burns really hot using wood that will hopefully drive it at great speed! This technology can use any fuel type with the correct burner so is dual fuel as well. I would like to provide plans / stirling engine kit for DIY builds and possibly build machines too. This is all pivots on being able to produce an easy, cheap and reliable stirling engine! Watch this space….. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgmbbzRSWDbVlKHMqg2hg7bFP7pxsiNpO This video I'm on a mission to solve the hot side diaphragm woes! My father has been burning the midnight oil and has come up with Kevlar as a potential alternative. The Kevlar we got is quite thin so I layered it up 4 X with silicon sealant in between. I also made a few other subtle changes to try to refine the engine. Success! The engine ran for 4 hours without even a murmur of the hot diaphragm failing but only time will tell how long it will last. The engine ran extremely silently with the only real noise coming from some metal to metal contact on a bearing spacer (easily solved). Power output was less impressive at 45w and I am starting to think that the hot heat exchanger might not be collecting enough heat. This could be because the flue gases are bypassing a lot of it or it might be the flue gases can't transfer enough heat through convection. I was made aware a few months back about the difference between radiant heat (efficient) and convection heat (less so). Anyway, my hopes are still high because there are still a few things I can try to improve things. All the best Thanks for watching [email protected] Big Horns Intro by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Country Cue 1 by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://audionautix.com/