Mini Stirling Engine - MAX RPM (Blow-Up Attempt #1)

In this episode, I push this little mini Stirling engine to the extreme and run it as fast as it can possibly go by applying as much heat as possible to the hot side of the engine.
After achieving a whopping 4,000 RPM, I then proceeded to dismantle and take apart the entire engine so we can look at the parts and how it's built and how it's made.
I was very impressed with the build quality and the overall functionality of this mini engine, I haven't seen anything better than this mini Stirling engine for the price.
For this reason, I included a link to buy this engine below, as well as a discount code so you can save even more money.
A Link to buy this engine here: bit.ly/WP-MiniSterlingEngine
Use coupon Code: WARPED for 10% Off
Other engine models: www.stirlingkit.com
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Episodes Shown in this Episode:
See Thru Rotary Engine MAX RPM: • See Thru Rotary Engine...
See Thru Engine Trying to blow it up: • See Through Engine on ...
Can A stirling Model Engine Run Non-Stop?: • Can a Stirling Model E...
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[@WarpedPerception]

A Link to buy this engine here: bit.ly/WP-MiniSterlingEngine Use coupon Code: WARPED for 10% Off Other engine models: www.stirlingkit.com Use coupon Code: WARPED for 10% Off or click link below. www.stirlingkit.com/discount/WARPED

[@adamfpv8294]

Warped Perception on the website it says it runs at 1700-2000 rpm. I assume that is incorrect.

[@Sh4d0wch40s]

Do they ship internationally? Can't find anything on their site

[@jamesharrell4360]

Do they sell rebuild kits? ;0) maybe have some titanium parts made by ToT and AvE. Heh

[@jimthomas777]

Warped Perception , that was fantastic , my little engine similar to yours , that is some outrageous RPM's , enjoyed the slow motion circle around from above , on your Briggs engine , use a regular cylinder head , cut out the center and use a piece of Pyrex glass or oven tempered glass for the seeing inside the engine

[@coltraindontworryboutit9990]

Warped Perception 8:37 the engine did survive the first test. It was still operational.

[@grants169]

Since it works with temperature variance, hit the other side of the heat exchanger with liquid nitrogen and you should get faster RPMs.

[@WarpedPerception]

Funny, that's one of the first things I thought of. I may try that in the future

[@nickwashburn723]

@@WarpedPerception yes!

[@grants169]

@@WarpedPerception Or it might shrink the cylinder and lock it up. Only one way to find out.

[@martindonoval2162]

@@grants169 Or crack if theres big temperature difference. Like hundreds of degrees.

[@fryncyaryorvjink2140]

Also fill the cylinders with helium, it will run faster

[@Samcrac]

I'm thinking of Stirling Engine swapping my Ferrari, then hiring someone to hold a torch to it whenever I want to drive. It would surely be cheaper than maintaining its current engine.

[@TheMatrixcube]

Samcrac Sounds like sam,s on crack .... 😂😂😂😂😂

[@WarpedPerception]

Well I bet you that I would be able to build you a large version of this engine, if you really wanted to put it in a car... Instead of a turbo exhaust pipe sticking out of the hood, it would be a giant roofing torch with a 3 foot blue flame!!! That may be a really cool project can you imagine!!

[@louisferaca9290]

Great idea for a future video.... large scale it baby

[@xsaturnityx]

@@WarpedPerception Time to contact Garage 54

[@androiduberalles]

I think you spelled Stanley Steamer wrong

[@MrItsthething]

1:26 No, this isn't a miniature version of a Stirling engine, this IS a Stirling engine.

[@kraklakvakve]

No, it is a Stirling version of a miniature engine.

[@michaelesposito2629]

Lol I wanted to make this comment. Thank you

[@Jupiter__001_]

@Craig Roop Not all Stirling engines have a regenerator.

[@JustinTopp]

@@Jupiter__001_ technically they should have one to be a Stirling engine not a hot air engine. stirling engines are what Robert stirling called his version of a improved hot air engine. One major improvement was that it included a regenerator.

[@timoarrg]

@@kraklakvakve no, it is a stirling miniature of a engine version

[@crackedemerald4930]

The generator is creating drag, you should remove the belt to get even higher RPMs.

[@ThomasFarquhar2]

Yes

[@Fred_the_1996]

Why tho, this is a toy, not that efficiency matters

[@robertevans4795]

Well being that the generator wasnt connected to anything, and wasnt shorted, the only resistance is the slight amount from the bearings in the generator itself, and mechanical losses due to heat

[@KitKitChanIsaac]

if overheat is issue then just submerge it in liquid nitro!!10k rpm confirmed

[@Fred_the_1996]

@@KitKitChanIsaac yes! Nitro=sp33d

[@marcianoterricola]

You can put ice on intercooler and maybe runs at 5000 rpm

[@lazarusmagellan2367]

I have a stirling engine and tried to do this myself... then realized I’d be sad if it broke and stopped lol.

[@xxxftcxxx]

"Engage safety squints" -AvE

[@WarpedPerception]

Lol... For sure !

[@xxxftcxxx]

He makes merchandise that's a hard plaque you can put on your toolbox and/or in shot!

[@tyboss0025]

IT'S CLEETUUUUUUSS lol

[@thelightninghunter23]

Skookum!

[@aaronluisdelacruz4212]

Technically, this engine was designed with safety in mind. If I'm not mistaken, Robert Stirling made this to avoid locomotives from exploding because of extreme heat

[@alvinguy567]

Put that thing in a rc car see if it'll push it along! Great video!

[@WarpedPerception]

Awesome idea !!!

[@michaelesposito2629]

These things are all HP and no Torque

[@davidk8893]

@@michaelesposito2629 That's why you gear it down. There is no such thing as "all HP and no torque", because without any torque, there is no horsepower. Horsepower is just the engine torque multiplied by the rotational speed, then divided by a constant. This engine would likely be able to power a small RC car, it would just have to be geared down to convert some of the rotational speed into torque.

[@sudmuck]

Go further, get a big sterling & put it on a go cart!

[@The_Object]

Oh, very interesting engine! Beautiful slow motion!

[@WarpedPerception]

Thank you !

[@DrKampfpudding]

Beautiful slow motion indeed !

[@Liamtronix]

I love your slow-mo shots, they're so cinematic compared to other channels!

[@WarpedPerception]

Thank you, and TBH I haven't even done anything nuts yet, I've done a lot of cinematography, camera work, and high speed filming for many big movies, coming up soon I'm going to do a whole series recreating techniques I have used for big movies, I'm going to do them as individual episodes here on this channel.

[@Liamtronix]

@@WarpedPerception That sounds very interesting! I'm looking forward to it.

[@kyriakostsifakis9102]

Warped Perception Keep it up, these shots were amazing!

[@mummyjohn]

@@WarpedPerception what music was used during that slo-mo sequence?

[@upsidedowndog1256]

Wow! I'll bet the company that makes those never envisioned THAT test! In your high speed footage it wasn't even flexing anywhere that I could see. The smaller a thing is the stronger it becomes but that was way beyond it's design I am sure.

[@Leonardokite]

Nice! Order confirmed! Great deal even without the black friday discount code! Thanks!!!

[@austinbartose6527]

I’m actually extremely impressed! I have a new found respect for sterling engines, thanks! If that piston and cylinder we’re stainless you could really work this engine

[@MET90LX]

That piston looks like someone got ahold the big nitrous jets.

[@WarpedPerception]

That's the same thing I thought when I first saw it !

[@illumi-nationstudios7673]

The way the light was rotating and the aura from the heat sent me back into an lsd flashback. The way it looked reminded me of visuals while tripping. Still love this video

[@skywalkersworld]

Seriously just thinking the same, looks so similar to me.

[@liltorbs]

I have one of these i made during college for some cnc/machining courses, these engines are really cool theres so many ways that you can make them to absorb heat even from your hand to power

[@TheMechanicalKoopa]

nice teaser at the end! Can't wait to see what that's all about!

[@viditvadhera220]

Hello sir, I am vidit vadhera from India , I regularly watch your videos and your perception is just so clear about engines and their working, about Stirling engine you can also try and focus the sunlight from a big lense and see that if the engine works from a renewable heat source.. thanks , take care!! 😀

[@1986alexpotter]

That's a really neat sterling kit. I ordered one for my brother!

[@WarpedPerception]

Thank you, make sure you use the discount code!!

[@harryjohnson2]

Dude, you have one of the coolest Channels I've ever come across!

[@tracyh50]

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! It's THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD! ♥

[@nearchd504]

This one's really good , the rotating and reciprocating masses are so well balanced here in this engine , surprised to see so less vibrations

[@abazzi910]

Nice job, I like the content! And you hit 500k subscribers, congrats!!

[@WarpedPerception]

Thank you ! .. yeah I just haven't posted any videos but I'm back on the KZbin stuff now

[@renimleinadyt]

Just shows you how much of a difference a well balanced engine makes Even with how many moving parts there are, it revved to 4000! Damn. Some old engines could never dream of that haha

[@bmw328igearhead]

Slo-mo walkaround of the running motor looked pretty cool... loves me some reciprocating motion.

[@adawg3032]

I have this exact same model from sunny tech I ordered on amazon for 95$ and its so well balanced compared to the rest of my collection, it runs great

[@bryanm6734]

Super cool! Totally a complete video!

[@GlekkeMatrak]

Amazing shots man!

[@wdtripps6537]

Funny, I am familiar with these engines, and from watching other videos you put out, I said that YOU would probably get 4000 rpm (which is amazing). To apply cold on the other piston, a super easy method is to use electronic duster. Pleas hook a volt meter up to this. Also a solid metal design would be able to take a lot more punishment. Using heat, and cold with a metal design, YOU may get 6k or 7k rpm. Be fun to watch!

[@WarpedPerception]

Awesome!. Electronic Duster?

[@wdtripps6537]

@@WarpedPerception multi purpose compressed gas cleaner. Can be found at walmart in electronics. When sprayed it becomes super cold and if sprayed while holding upside down a liquid comes out and is super cold. Can cause frostbite. Its cheap, readily found and probably one of the easiest ways to get the Stirling piston cold quickly.

[@Meatball2022]

OR - configure a small fan to the output wheel crank and aim it at the cold cylinder. Maybe it’ll feed itself to some degree

[@gumbilitous2804]

Mine going a lot slower got about 7 volts last I remember, at the rpm his is making, maybe like 10 to 12 volts. I'm not really sure how that whole thing works though

[@overthenever4262]

I'm sold ,! Great vid , totally thank you so much. ☘️

[@NilesBlackX]

The slow motion pan at 3:15 was a thing of beauty

[@WLFFellowship]

Love it man! Good stuff! Would love to watch them machine and assemble these engines.

[@WarpedPerception]

Thank you, I agree !

[@leeneal6969]

Love this engine, just bought one for my 9 yer old for Christmas. Maybe it never took off commercially because of the lack of torque!! Good Vid :-)

[@Zaprixa]

I have this exact model i bought it like two years ago and i am happy to see this 😂

[@glasstronic]

What a lovely, robust little Stirling! I'm guessing that the hot cylinder is borosilicate (Pyrex), the hot piston soda-lime glass. That she spun that long under those conditions is truly remarkable. Very good production of a cool vid.

[@iuhsdihdslifuvholuidfh]

The "Glass tubes" are actually quartz. I clicked the link,the engine is only 70 bucks!

[@flo_122]

I love your experiments. Dont stop making those videos💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@RichardGetzPhotography]

for the heat, can you put a magnifying glass to harness the sun, then on the other end generate electricity. Just for fun.

[@lamont6891]

Yes you can any type of heat will make this sterling engine run.

[@michaelesposito2629]

It’s been done.

[@vattenpoken368]

Oh thats how solarpanels work! multiple mini Sterlings with generators

[@shutupnavikrant]

@@vattenpoken368 you're kidding right?

[@bobbystaley9709]

No that sounds pretty true i thought

[@akashmukherjee2405]

Stirling engine is surely satisfying to watch.... I have no idea why??!!!

[@donaldlewis9734]

Great Video. Thanks

[@axispowerdiesel]

I'm giving her all she's got!

[@FURY1958]

Amazing. Simple, easy, without complicated maintenance, no lubricant (aparently). This engine can be used for generate electricity at big scale, of course .

[@snow1-2pinkkush46]

Insane video insane camera work

[@dheeazid862]

i love the way u said "oh yea!"

[@zuky6404]

Make the crank smaller, get the generator off with the belt and make the cold side touch liquid nitrogen.

[@xandergross8474]

Such a slowmo footage, huh!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 So do love to see majority of your ones! Phuckin delicious am telling you

[@bengmo64]

That little engine is a champion

[@roydewitt5359]

I love how he makes the engine sound effects when it isn't running.

[@tsubakitengai]

I believe that the upper piston was actually graphite with a steel fitting inside. Low friction, doesn't ever melt (it sublimes), easy to machine and soft enough to get along with brittle glass.

[@shahbazkh2885]

Wow. Very nice

[@user-kv5fw7xz9c]

4k RPM noises sound powerful!

[@SploxLabs]

holy carp that slow mo shot was amazing SHOW IT EARLIER IN THE VID i was just about to leave the vid

[@byperx]

1:14 my eyes bugged

[@adam_-adam]

Love your videos.

[@lando1995]

Those camera shots where amazing.

[@WarpedPerception]

Thank you

[@williamhart4896]

JOHNNY Q90 has multiple videos on sterling engines . Great video Mat

[@konekoray9323]

A perfect example of the wonders of simplicity. May not be as powerful or versatile or useful as more sophisticated machines of today, but nothing beats the durability and longevity of simplicity.

[@middlofmowhere1421]

This is great stuff. Back in the 50's I always wanted a mini steam engine. I've seen these as well. Good stuff!

[@Eb3rson]

Woa.. best Channel. Good job

[@harrywhite7287]

I agree with eternal ponderer below. The limiting factor is probable the engines ability to expel the heat from the other side. Very cool video (I love the 360' slow motion) and Yes, I'm gonna buy one but I won't be blowing mine up. :)

[@KifferroxTheCat]

Stirling engines i would say are maybe the future. I have one of the piston on each side like a gas engine. That thing, after sitting for maybe a year, ran. I love Stirling engines.

[@FalconWing1813]

The reason Stirling engines are not in our cars today is because they invented the internal combustion engine. Which had faster startup and better throttle response. NASA actually did make one that fixed these problems, but the cost per engine was very high because of the use of exotic materials. On the other hand some military submarines use these engines , and they are said to be much quieter than a nuclear powered. sub. Only down side is they would need more frequent refueling compared to the nuclear fuels rods lasting many years. But would be much safer with out all the radiation.

[@virtualtools_3021]

Uh couldn't you just power these with nuclear heat? Like a more efficient RTG?

[@FalconWing1813]

@@virtualtools_3021 You can power a Stirling Engine with any heat source. You can even run it with extreme cold . The main goal is to have a temperature difference between the two cylinders.

[@virtualtools_3021]

@@FalconWing1813 yeah, uranium rods for the heat so it won't need refueling and seawater for the cold side

[@FalconWing1813]

@@virtualtools_3021 True that could be done for sure. On the flip side the Swedish Gotland class submarines actually use hydrogen and oxygen to provide heat to the Stirling engine. This combo of Hydrogen and Stirling engine, has made the Gotland class one of the quietest submarines in the world. Its much simpler and less complex than nuclear. I would like to see alot more submarines with this tech to reduce nuclear waste. And save tax payer money.

[@virtualtools_3021]

@@FalconWing1813 i don't see how the hydrogen and oxygen could possibly be quieter than a rod of uranium, but i do see how it could save money and reduce waste

[@Dreddly2390]

That "conversion into rotational energy" part he just blew by was the main part. Long story short, it's pressure change as air is heated and cooled and temperature change as trapped gas expands and contracts working in unison.

[@gabrielv.4358]

AWESOMEEE!!!!

[@blenderbachcgi]

Impressive!

[@stephenprice7502]

What an awesome little engine. Loved the slow motion footage. What's the audio track you used during the slo mo?

[@Gearz-365]

Imagine how much power that generator produces with the engine going that fast...

[@Lucas-qb3bs]

What he sees during max rpm run: 👌🏻 What we see: Engine.EXE has stoped working

[@ATIHpss64HM]

You have a little tiny generator on it! Awesome!

[@acgarage8184]

Yes please do more small engine videos!!

[@WarpedPerception]

I think they are super cool especially in slow motion and especially seeing how much they can take !

[@doug-core8850]

Its funny seeing all the other sterling videos on KZbin, nowhere near as fast as this boi went. I can imagine you wanna pump those rpm up even higher. Im thinking a full on oxy torch is in order. Might just cut right through the glass though haha

[@TheInvisibleOrange26]

3:08 I sat there a realized wow we created this!

[@daneulekowski929]

super cool

[@benbike4296]

Je pense être le seul Français à regarder cette vidéo Continue j'adore ce que tu fait 👌🤘

[@SaintMatthieuSimard]

Cool stuff! Hope you can recover the missing parts, or find stronger alternatives to them! Maybe you don't need to see what's going on inside and use full stainless parts!

[@jakeharlow9763]

Now super cool the cold side at the same time

[@Ktulu789]

Man, I don't know if you just mounted your camera on the ceiling fan or what but that shot looks amazing! I wonder if you could get more RPM by cooling the other side and how much voltage and amps could you get at those speeds!

[@gustavgnoettgen]

This clinging compressor noise they make at high speed - sounds healthy when it's intended...

[@hive2983]

Amazing

[@billymanilli]

That was pretty cool! Curious if it would have turned a tiny bit more rpm if you took the generator belt off... I would think it's creating a little bit of drag on it, especially being overdriven like it is too.

[@maniacal_engineer]

The cold side piston is probably graphite, made under the airpot brand - look it up - virtually frictionless but with a really tight seal

[@MarkReedman]

You can get more power and RPM out of it by using a can of freezer spray on the other cylinder and piston at the same time as using the blow torch on the hot cylinder and piston. The bigger the temperature difference between the two is the key. Thats assuming the freezer spray is not flamable. Love the videos

[@koniseatskimchi5541]

Lol thanks. I bought one because of your video.

[@WarpedPerception]

Thank you ! I was genuinely very surprised at the quality for that price. add to the fact that it actually runs and it's a real engine and that even brings the value higher. I showed this to some kids and they thought it was a cool toy, then I started it and their face was priceless, trying to figure out how that thing was running....lbvs

[@iiextraheat3786]

the amount of EFFORT it took to break this bad boy

[@melchristian3638]

Happy Thanksgiving to your family Happy Thanksgiving everybody🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃

[@WarpedPerception]

Thank you, you as well!! Happy Thanksgiving

[@AFishBicycle]

MORE POWER!!!

[@johnrutledge3892]

Thanks

[@WayneJohnsonZastil]

This engine making come back look at stirling energy generator project very cool. will replace air source and ground source heat pumps

[@CrazedPerformanceRepair]

I wonder if you could water cool the heat sink and make some steal pistons and cylinders to better handle the heat because of better heat transfer. But then again that may prevent it from running, perhaps ceramic piston and cylinder? I really liked that you pulled it apart on video though that was cool, thanks for the video, it has me thinking now lol

[@DFX2KX]

replacing the pistons and cylinders with steel would work just fine. Water cooling does in fact improve the sterling quite a bit (as they work on temperature difference, not just heat)

[@turbotyoma]

Amazing guy) I like you!

[@Robster-Craw]

I want to see you put one of these and a torch into a radio controlled car or truck. That would be an awesome project. I bet the views would be through the roof.

[@Bluswede]

I, and a couple other folks, have wondered about power output. It's real easy to get some results with the built-in dyno. Just wire up that belt-drive "motor" with a proper-sized resistor and measure the current. Volts, Amps, Watts!...use an electric model plane Wattmeter that reads out all three. One horsepower equals 745 Watts...use Watts for bigger-looking numbers! One could even set up another brushed motor running off that onboard generator with a fan to move air through an air/water intercooler that would pull heat off the "cold side" of the motor and make for a higher temperature differential. Make sure that the water in the intercooler thermo-siphons like a Ford Model T cooling system so no pump is needed...put the intercooler higher than the heat source with no dips in the lines. Use model plane silicone fuel line for water lines to intercooler. I like the liquid Nitrogen idea also. You could do "dyno runs" stock, stock with intercooling, and stock with nitrogen cooling. THEN you could do runs stock with MAPP gas. Mapp gas with intercooling, and finally MAPP gas with Nitrogen cooling. Maybe reverse the order of the MAPP gas runs so that the damage to hot side happens on the last run. (stock) For stock runs, just pinch off water flow to intercooler. Compare Wattage on all runs for a full test set!

[@no-damn-alias]

Put a heatshield between the hot bulb and the cooler so you have bigger temperature difference. Moreover you can make the cooling area bigger or just use dry ice. That'll give you a real boost to your engine.

[@Zippo286]

hook up a multimeter to the leads on the DC motor to see actual power output, also try running high pressure air over the second cylinder to cool it

[@AverageNeighbor]

If you increase the temp difference like putting a ice cube or something to cool off the piston/heatsink make it faster? Happy Thanksgiving btw

[@DFX2KX]

Yep! some of the low temperature ones can work with nothing but room temp and an ice cube.

[@davidatanaskivski1062]

I have a question. I would love to order this engine, but i live in macedonia in the city Skopje. Do you know if they deliver this engine to skopje?

[@hectorkeezy1499]

Great buildquality of that engine. That it took all that punishment, without breaking, is pretty amazing. 🇩🇰🙋🏻‍♂️😷👩🏻‍🚀🇺🇸

[@Pman353]

You should try to make or get a metal piston and cylinder so it won’t melt and you can hit it with an icy acetylene torch!

[@WarpedPerception]

The acetylene torch was going to be my third test in this episode, but since it didn't make it through the first well you saw what happened...lol

[@michaelesposito2629]

They sell ones with metal already.

[@prophet-xo6mb]

This is so awesome! Question though: there is a belt attached to the flywheel. What does that little doohickey attached to the belt do? Could that be hooked up to a small generator of some sort?

[@A.a.s.t.o.r.the.radio.demon.]

I actually have one o these in my house and it’s awesome to have