CRAZY 8-CYLINDER STIRLING ENGINE!!!!

[@GoingtoHecq]

It's the loudest Stirling I have ever heard but also one of the most fun looking I have ever seen.

[@TheFallibleFundi]

Fantastic. The Naysayers probably wouldn't be able to recognise old fashioned ingenuity and first class engineering skills if they hit them in the face.

[@sierraecho884]

Pretty cool, this video is already 6 years old and no other videos were made, I just hope the person in this video is okay. It´s a shame that no other videos were released, would have loved to see more such machines.

[@quinnsmith4736]

Thank you for showing us the 8 cylinder sterling engine. it’s awesome 👏

[@daleguenther5826]

I have seen a lot of Stirling Engines, but that is very unique! Great craftsmanship and design!

[@grahambird1570]

Innovative Man !

[@mheermance]

The crankshaft gear mechanism that couples all the cylinders is amazing machining.

[@ernestayo6131]

Incredible machining work by a talented experienced craftsman sir.

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[@miguelduraes7121]

Congratulations. Great project. You put a lot of love in this project. Thank you for sharing.

[@moschettiflavio3635]

A beautiful engine that seems very powerful compared to many other stirling engines. This man know how to craft perfectly working components. And amazing desing too. Well done Man!

[@David.C.]

Sir, you are a genius! I hope to one day aspire to somewhere near your level of creative engineering excellence.

[@carmelpule6954]

This is a very elegant arrangement on how to combine the power of the eight cylinders. Beautiful in conception and excellent in execution. A swash plate would have been easier, but this is quite ingenious. Congratulations.

[@cheetahjab]

Excellent work sir, was fantastic to see and be shown how you did it .

[@doublestarsystem]

With such a project people get certificate! Its well made especially the gear part...and the torque is good even there is no flywheel visible...thank you for sharing...

[@Latheman666]

Awesome engine! If you replace the aluminum displacer with one made from stainless steel it will work even better. A displacer should always be made from a bad heat conductor.

[@osmankmbal1008]

Latheman's crazy machines I think aluminium is better cause its light weight and can work as regenerator to cool the air down when it goes from the hot end to the cold one.

[@frankieromnimon5898]

Engine operation will also improve, to an even larger degree, if an economizer is placed between the hot and cold sides of the engine (something I did not hear being mentioned in the engine's presentation). Come to think of it, the role of the economizer could be undertaken by a displacer with low thermal inertia, i.e. a good conductor of heat. Please correct me if I am wrong.

[@doublestarsystem]

Using steel for the displacer is a bad idea cause its too heavy to lift by hot air ...even cars pistons arent made of steel...think of a material like ceramic: very very slippy (zero friction) and heat proof ...if the walls of the cylinder are also made of ceramic the displacer can fit the cylinder with a squizey tolerance ( within micrometers) no sound will be heard...ceramics can also serve as interface between moving and fix parts so no lubrification (engine oil) is needed...no friction=no heat so no cooling system needed (Radiators+water pump)...isnt that COOL?

[@christianrigolet3836]

@@doublestarsystem The history of the use of ceramics in engines is ancient. To build a piston and a cylinder with micrometer tolerance and get to grips with the thermal problems is a completely different topic. Yet to produce cost-effective is a thing of impossibility. Reality is the spoilsport.

[@JD_Manufacturing]

Wonderfull Machine! I fell in love with the Stirling cycle engine years ago. I used to go to bed thinking about the design and how i might make a machine with some decent power output. I can see that this is a nice design. Nice Job.

[@johngillon6969]

I built one, and i find the physics fascinating . No one around takes much interest in my engine. i just love to learn new things and to take an idea and create a working thing. not much good for anything. they are so in efficient, the most it does is just spinn the flywheel and spin and make a mechanical noise. Adults can have toys you know, and these are inexpensive and safe. Not like some fast car or airplane.

[@Lechoslowianin]

You put this engine a lot of work

[@kreynolds1123]

Amazing. But i keep thinking the bottom of the cylinders remind me of hanging tube chime bells that can vibrate a lot of sound energy away. I wonder if you can make it quiter with an epoxy composite surrounding all the pipes at the bottom. Or encase the crank and pressurize the air in the crank case to 2 or 3 bar. I'm pretty sure you will be able to get more power that way.

[@martymcmannis9121]

thanks for the video, I always liked the idea of using the difference between hot and cold to make something work. kinda like the thermoelectric. BTW, killer craftsmanship. thanks again

[@lander777lll]

what an amazing of workmanship??? It's beyond my imagination that you could make it real. Cheers and love it.

[@FilterYT]

Great job Vilmars, fantastic creation and beautiful craftsmanship! Thanks for sharing.

[@josephlavoie2253]

A wonderful example of inventive genius.

[@Boerikoe]

Wonderful piece of engineering.... producing quite a bit of power too ! love it.

[@jeric_synergy8581]

Those linkages are a thing of beauty. I'm not quite understanding how the traditional displacer/power piston are connected.

[@SiskinOnUTube]

I am always amazed by Stirling engines. They have magic in them. This one is extra cool.

[@mp180170]

I would love to spend an afternoon in this gentleman‘s company imagine what stories he could tell Fantastic job

[@stovelover63]

the ten people that disliked don:t like blaring back round noises and fade in and out pictures .thanks for the video you have a great engine,al

[@teslababbage]

That's a wonderful Stirling Engine assembly. The gearing to combine the output of the 8 engines is very clever and different from the swashplate designs I am familiar with.

[@1943L]

Nice use of components found from other purposes. Thanks for sharing.

[@olivierroy1301]

I like the simple configuration. Very clean.

[@kreynolds1123]

Here's a thought, preheat the fuel with the waste heat comming off the cold side of the stirling engine. If your useing propane, as it expands it cools helping keep the cold side cold, and the energy used to preheating the fuel is recycled helping the burner get a little hotter.

[@kartikupadhyay5045]

Great work, sir. Stirling engines definitely have a scope in the near future.

[@andrewferg8737]

Excellent craftsmanship. Nicely done.

[@Bizzon666]

Very nice stirling engine! Lot of very unique design details, some of which I have never seen before. Now tell me that this is not a kind of art...

[@barumman]

Excellent, first class, thanks for sharing. :)

[@pksharmakolkata]

Coming from a super expert like you .. that's real praise !!

[@gertgerttreg6063]

You know what really grinds my gears? I can't even get a 1 cylinder engine to work. This one is beautiful!

[@johngillon6969]

keep trying. I make these little toys, and i haven't ever tried one this complicated. don't give up. I feel lonely because most folks don't understand the pleasure of actually learning new stuff and creating something in your mind, and seeing it when your done. i am thrilled by a working engine, but those around me not so much and i am quite sure they just think i am just a strange old man. most folks just don't get it.

[@mybsite5697]

VERY impressive I would have loved to have seen the build !

[@jimtroyer4522]

I am very impressed with your craftsmanship! Very Nice Sir. God Bless You!

[@jacobenglish5940]

The 10 people that disliked dont know what a stirling engine is

[@calvingreene90]

Or they find the engine design ludicrously complicated and inefficient.

[@EXremelyLethalWombat]

Horse shit. Afr less complicated than even a fifty year old internal combustion engine.

[@calvingreene90]

Sterling Cycle engines in general aside from slow throttle response are excellent efficient engines but this one is badly designed except as a toy.

[@calvingreene90]

Reverend Dr Robert Stirling en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_engine#Invention_and_early_development

[@EXremelyLethalWombat]

The Stirling Engine is much older than Stirling Moss, actuallu invented by the Reverend Stirling as an alternative to the steam engine boiler explosions. Boiler explosions were the result of poor maintenence and and bad operating practices.

[@jessicagriffin6836]

Can u pls do a video on how it was put together. A taking it apart and putting it back together kind of idea. I like to see what items where used under the hood. Like what the pistons and ignition items look like.

[@laurenceperkins7468]

An interesting geometry... Is there something to the circular geometry with the burner that offsets all the extra friction losses from all the extra gears? Or is it just that it's easier to build individual cranks with a bandsaw than to try to get a linear crankshaft balanced?

[@motoresesistemasautomatos.]

Parabéns pela engenharia, ficou maravilhoso e criativo seu motor.

[@aadmii1]

Gostei muito da forma de sicronismo entre os cilindros. Exelente projeto!

[@SaroCata86]

Bellissimo e che creativita ! Pare funzioni pure molto bene 👏

[@sigmawarrior.fokeryou]

Great project! Greetings from Brazil.

[@roblandgraf5166]

A magnificent effort from a master craftsman.

[@f.osborn1579]

That’s pretty cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@bfarm44]

I absolutely love it sir, fantastic work

[@davidk6264]

Well done crafting the gears especially , how where they tapered/beveled so neatly?

[@luizmauriciodecastrosouza2019]

Incredible machining work

[@colsanjaybajpai5747]

Very beautiful creation and v well bought out

[@kujawamaster]

Nice Design. Good concentration around a heat source

[@yanito1979]

Fantastic engine! Looks and sounds beautiful!

[@772777777777777]

What configuration is this sterling engine? How is the displacer connected mechaically or is free moving or is it free pistion design ..i would love to see how the regeneation circuit was plumbed and how the displacer pistion was created

[@tonyrebeiro]

Great piece of engineering. Just a small suggestion. Instead of those gears, can you individually drive small alternators, whose output can be consolidated and used directly to do work.

[@eriknielsen1849]

Just put the generator on the weal instead. If you were thinking of electricity for light or somthing like that.

[@walt3223]

Nice engine, what can it do, and at what cost?? Can it move water, or anything else, and again, at what price?

[@nunoribeiro5980]

Muito bom! Um Kilopower "caseiro", parabéns!

[@1245782803]

Awesome design, a thing of beauty

[@qzorn4440]

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Nasa had a pickup truck with a Stirling engine in it, where did that experiment end up? very nice video and engine. Thanks :)

[@superliegebeest544]

This is beautiful.this.design solves the.torque issue most stirlings have. A 8cyl. Like always nothing beats cubic inches haha. Now if this drives a big generator and could be powered by solar heat.

[@TerryD5000]

that was freaking awesome man!

[@garyhardman8369]

Beautiful work Sir.

[@YourselfAndEye]

Great job Bill. I wish could build something like this.

[@johngillon6969]

you can. you can build something like this. This isn't the first engine the dude made. you got to not be afraid to try. not be afraid of doing something that is a waste of time. you got to start off with simple stuff. If you want to do it, don't wait for someone to encourage you or guide you. I make engines like this, i made a bunch of simple stuff first. I got a mill drill on craigs list and a very old simple lathe.. there are a butt load of videos on lathe and mill drills. nothing more satisfying than learning new stuff and creating something just because it was in your mind. problem with videos is that this guy is really really good. i haven't tried something this complicated, and it does intimidate viewers.

[@yuvithundergamer10000]

excellent design Sir, I appreciate your work and getting inspired to do a good thing.

[@dragon72tube]

CONNECTED TO SUN HEAT OF THE DISK. GREAT WORK!

[@avidgupta8813]

Mind-blowing work sir! :) Please make more.

[@pietikke5598]

Nice piece of engineering.

[@NZHorizones]

Wow, those gears must of taken some serious time on a bandsaw. What has me mystified though is how the displacers are being stroked / reciprocating?

[@realnutteruk1]

Each power piston has a displacer immediately above it, and moving with it... the secret, is that it's the displacer for the power piston next door, to get the required phase shift....

[@pksharmakolkata]

not the next door .. the one next to the next door .. 90॰ phase shift .. remember ?

[@sebastianstevens8790]

Wauw this is so beautiful engine sir!! I enyoi this video! Thank you! Greetings from the netherlands sir!

[@SmoothTalkTalent]

BILL! That was a great video. I'm looking for inspiration to do builds of my own and I've certainly found some in you creation :). Thanks for sharing !

[@robcuthbert8257]

wonderful machines sir

[@markspc1]

Beautiful work, thanks for sharing !

[@stevenbishop8625]

Bloody brilliant!!!

[@mohammadhashemi1771]

hi hope all is well great craftsmanship, well done. do you think it's possible to make an engine like this capable of running a 3kw generator?

[@8ank3r]

nice work on that engine.

[@christopherbusch1933]

I wonder what the watt output and how the displacers are connected. Perhaps they are connected to the preceding power piston? Since there is a phase difference between each cylinder??

[@christopherbusch1933]

This is a 8 cylinder Siemens stirling engine design. Very clever.

[@Slikx666]

It's beautiful in motion and design.

[@chrispaul1355]

Toll gemacht , aber das Getriebe erzeugt einfach zu viel Reibung der Leistungsverluste ist enorm. Dennoch klasse gemacht.

[@77gravity]

Wow. Provide heat from a solar collector, a proper generator/alternator, and that is a feasible power supplier

[@rohitarora27]

i have tried to make this as my college project , was only 12% efficient , solar panel would beat that alternator generation with wafer , if this could be implemented for large generators

[@Change-Maker]

Rohit Arora it's not about efficiency...it's about cost per watt...making silicon wafers is expensive and tedious work, Stirling engines can be made using recycled materials!! At home

[@FolletBruno]

Good job Mister !

[@stefanr8397]

Nice Work. I have tried to build a simple one but i failed. Can you give me some information what material can be used for forcer and cylinder?

[@oddssodds]

wow, great job. really simple. i wonder how that would hold up with continuous running

[@isbocetvargas558]

Hi... nice video! Is possible this Stirling motor moves a electric generator 5kw?

[@johno9507]

I have an idea for your next engine, how about a 8 cylinder engine using a swashplate instead of gearing them all together.

[@grahambird1570]

Even Better = Less resistance !

[@flatout5815]

Just found out about these devices, when I seen one working I thought my buddy knew magic 😂 Am looking now for a giant design single Piston Stirling system. Am wondering if such an engine could be made big enough and strong enough to spin a decent sized generator...could have a woodstove with a Stirling on top hooked to a jenny and get freepower from the firewood I already burn to heat my home or would it have to be tons of small cylinders hooked together like this. If a big one can't be made with a single cylinder that means more maintenance as it would need more parts kept up. Plus will any design have enough power to turn a Jenny.... One thing I haven't seen is an oil distribution system for the cylinder walls, seems with all the rubbing in the sleeves and heat that the piston rings or sleeve walls would wear out fast if using it 24/7. Might go gasofier system if Stirling is just a dream, just seems a Stirling would be less hazardous and easier to maintain. Imagine running all the electric in your home with firewood or coal that is already being used to heat your home. Free electric!

[@indigodragon7129]

Try high heat magnetic bearings in your design for all the moving parts. Try a V 6 engine design with two fly wheels with a center power train.

[@erikrobillard6950]

thats just crazy, thanks for sharing

[@FiglioBastardo]

Super cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@Jotainkivaa123]

If I ever need a steampunk tea kettle, I know now who to contact.

[@zainoelsoroto2776]

the old man still got it

[@wernerempire]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing.

[@sairabshah]

Epic design, well done my good man

[@zinckensteel]

I wonder if it might help to perforate the ends of the displacer pistons and pack them with metal or ceramic wool, so some regeneration occurs.

[@jafinch78]

Neat... seems like a bigger flywheel, better heat exchanger mechanism (fins around perimeter of lower area, insulation between heat source and cooling/cooler volume) for more differential maintenance, helical or spiral gears (thinking helical is correct, though not perfectly parallel so maybe spiral is more correct), maybe even a fan powered from the flywheel shaft will help use some energy to cool by blowing heat away versus I assume there is a water pump exchanging heat... though not sure and the water will store heat more than exchange unless your exhanging the heat with maybe a fan on a car radiator or heater exchanger with a generator on the flywheel (maybe use a Fisher and Paykel which ever side (rotor or stator) weighs more as the flywheel), use hydrogen helium as the gas media if you can seal the gas in good with maybe a leak system where the fuel can be used and preheated even though not sure about that system and finally pressurizing the whole system to increase efficiency. Keep up the great work young man! :-) Neat design.

[@jefffelsch9233]

That is awesome buddy..... very clever .....

[@ninoratakingofspam5411]

Increíble Sr!! Es mi héroe!!👍👍👍

[@zoesdada8923]

I am building a personal submarine and I am thinking about using a sterling. The new fast attack subs use Sterling ringbom technology and I'm wondering if it would be more efficient than a desiel electric.

[@biogreen1541]

A very intelligent person!

[@thedroplett214]

Could you power a house with 10 of these in line?

[@tobesjh]

just needs a nice big solar collector to top it off, fantastic.

[@pobembe1958]

Genius! Well done sir.