Test run of Brians flyball governor

[Brian Rupnow]

Yes, I'm Stoked!!!

 

[Shopguy]

Very very nice Brian. Will be a great addition to your engine, making it that much more athentic. Keep up the good work. :bow:

 

[ChooChooMike]

:bow: VERY COOL !!!

 

[Mike N]

Brian,

Now that you have done all of design work I will use this as a model for my flyball Governor. I need to build 3 of them for my Mery Engines. I want them to be functional with the propane mixer.

Great Job! :bow:

 

[Philjoe5]

Great job Brian. .

Cheers,
Phil

 

[lathe nut]

That was cool, it works great, can't Waite to see more, thanks for the clip, Lathe Nut

 

[Mike N]

I copied Brian's Governor but made mine with 3 balls. I plan to make it functional on one of my Mery engines.

View attachment Gov.bmp

 

[Brian Rupnow]

Mike--That looks fantastic. I would imagine that it will be even more responsive than my 2 baller. Hope to hear more about it.---Brian

 

[chuck foster]

mike............are the merry engines gas engines or steam?

chuck

 

[Mike N]

The "Mery" engine runs on propane. A six cycle double acting engine.

 

[oldgascar]

Mike ,

Do you have a measured drawing for the 3 ball gov?

 

[steamer]

Nice looking governer! I like your test set up too! ;D

Dave

 

[Brian Rupnow]

A few people have expressed an interest in building the governor I designed as a 3 ball unit. Since I am without other "real" work right now, I have done a redesign, changing only the parts which will be affected by changing to a 3 ball system. All of the other parts are the same as those in the "uploads and downloads" section of this forum.---Brian

 

[Brian Rupnow]

Here is the general arrangement.

View attachment BRIANS FLYBALL GOVERNOR-3 BALLS.PDF

 

[Brian Rupnow]

Here is a drawing of the top yoke for the 3 ball.

View attachment TOP YOKE-3 BALL.PDF

 

[Brian Rupnow]

And here is the bottom yoke.

View attachment BOTTOM YOKE-3 BALL.PDF

 

[Brian Rupnow]

And the top arm for the 3 ball unit---

View attachment UPPER ARM-3 BALL.PDF

 

[Brian Rupnow]

And the lower arm for the 3 ball---

View attachment LOWER BALL ARM-3 BALL.PDF

 

[rleete]

Neat-o. Have you made one and tried it vs. the 2 ball? I'd be interested to see the comparison; is it more or less sensitive, and does it perform enough better to warrant the extra work involved?

You know you want to!

 

[Brian Rupnow]

Neat-o. Have you made one and tried it vs. the 2 ball? I'd be interested to see the comparison; is it more or less sensitive, and does it perform enough better to warrant the extra work involved?

You know you want to!

Rleete--If you want to know, build one. I built the 2 ball, and it works great. I designed the 3 ball as a favour to someone who asked about it.