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Originally Posted by Daox
Funny has a good point. Have you thought about regulating the steam usage? So you can use it more while accelerating, and save up power when cruising at low speeds?
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By mounting the reservoir forward of the tubing water will slosh backwards while accelerating and thus farther up the coiled tubing. The tubing that is normally out of the water should be heated hotter than the tubing that has water in it and thus help flash the water to steam. Also burning more fuel will accelerate steam production on its own.
Braking will slosh the water forward and thus out of the tubing reducing steam.
Weight is a concern So I'll just start off with a half gallon reservoir to begin with. With the piping filled it will probably be about a gallon total.
I am investigating what it would take to top off the reservoir with another tank of water and a high pressure water pump.