Mamod live steam car racing

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Mamod live steam car racing

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Күн бұрын

i have had these models for some years now, and thought its about time i put them to the test to see what one is the fastest
#livesteam
#steamcars
#mamod
#steamengines
#steampower

Пікірлер: 29

@TheDaflad Жыл бұрын

I’ve got to be honest I was well impressed with your wheel tapping skills 😀 🏁🇬🇧

@SANDSCORCHER 15 күн бұрын

Superb collection 😎👍🏻 In hindsight I suppose Mamod should have named the white car the Le Mans and the red car the Dragster 🤔😁

@Keeping_IT_Simple 2 жыл бұрын

excellent racing by all competitors there !! A tricky little course but the plucky contestants all did their best - well done!!

@tahustvedt 7 ай бұрын

Fun video. It would be pretty easy to make a little RC servo jig to put in the driver's seat to steer ithem.

@janadden8762 Жыл бұрын

Nice Video

@althejazzman 2 жыл бұрын

This was a fun surprise. I came for the P50, but stayed for the Mamods! I've had an SP1 for 30 years and dug it out recently. Still works great of course as they're such simple designs.

@forwardtothepast2411 2 жыл бұрын

They really are, I plan to get my young relatives into live steam in a year or so

@kennymackay6942 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice collection...great video..great fun .

@roger263 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Mamod toys are very rare here. I had to make my own steam powered Pop Pop Boat.

@rockin86ranger 2 жыл бұрын

I have an old model steam traction engine that I inherited from grandpa, I haven’t run it in years and really need to tear it all down and go through it. While watching you push the Peel down the sidewalks all I could think of was how handy a steering extension like the ones these cars use would be lol.

@forwardtothepast2411 2 жыл бұрын

let me know how it goes, remember some burners use meths, some use tablets, BTW p50 steering extension could be handy

@Le_Petomane 2 жыл бұрын

ironic its calle Le Mans but runs out of steam too quickly when its named after a 24hr endurance race.

@patricklenart4376 2 жыл бұрын

If your really into Live steam Locomotives might I recommend Hornby’s Live Steam OO gauge I have a Mallard set and it’s been an amazing experience running it around the track,the smell of steam oil as it passes by lap after lap.

@noaerrr 2 жыл бұрын

You should drag race them

@northernutahlivesteam3566 6 ай бұрын

live steam is hot

@davesykes1067 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent competition, b3tter than F1 at the moment. I didn’t realise they went so quick.

@nbrowne73 2 жыл бұрын

I used to holed the saftey valve down to up the pressure, NOT recomended !!!.

@thestandardfour0699 2 жыл бұрын

The one with the silver body, I belive I have seen something like that on Ebay.

@forwardtothepast2411 2 жыл бұрын

Its sold now

@douglassmith2562 Жыл бұрын

That was a lot of fun but why not convert to radio control? It would add a whole new experience to driving!

@forwardtothepast2411 Жыл бұрын

I would love to, I have since sold these models, kinda regret that, particularly the Le man's racer , but it funded my camper van

@p24hrsmith 2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering how you were going to steer them

@olivvapor4873 2 жыл бұрын

A great LOL 😂 ! ...

@SkysaxonDragonslayer 9 ай бұрын

Do they come with a reverse gear? That would make it easy to convert them to rc!

@forwardtothepast2411 9 ай бұрын

yeah, like with any steam engine, you just run it backwards, so in effect they do have reverse

@SkysaxonDragonslayer 9 ай бұрын

@@forwardtothepast2411 Thought they might have a transmission with forward and reverse gear…

@forwardtothepast2411 9 ай бұрын

generally steam engines dont have "gears" they tend to be direct drives, this is true of steam trains ect, with a mamod the steam simply enters a different inlet hole to the cylinder, but with more detailed models, and for that matter full size steam engines, being "one stroke" cylinders, you just change the direction

@SkysaxonDragonslayer 9 ай бұрын

@@forwardtothepast2411 With an alternating gear transmission you can change the rotating direction. This method was used on early petrol and steam cars. You just need two crown wheels sitting on the drive axel and shift them to another crown wheel… … would be easy to realize on a model.