Warniing this is OT(.Subject is Concorde)

I know! We could start a new class of engines that are stationary engine based but move about for a living. We could call them "sedentary engines".

I'd noticed the T600 is green and it will clash nicely with the ex-Roland engine. Any truth in the old wives tale that two greens don't make a white?

I drink, therefore I'm canned.

Regards,

Kim Siddorn

"J K Siddorn" wrote

Not sure about that, but the term could certainly be applied to once mobile engines which have now come to rest such as John Manders' Briggs and I think some contributors to this group might admit to the odd shed full of sedimentary engines!

Dunno, I'm colour blind anyway.

Quick, get back on topic before the net police get you - seen any good envelopes lately? (see 'Stationary Editor' (sic) thread).

My dad used to say that the law is for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. ;o))

- and he was a man that understood engines up down and sideways

Regards,

Kim Siddorn, Regia Anglorum

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The point that I was trying to make was that you could have two identical engines but only one is a "stationary engine" by virtue of the other having once been used to drive a vehicle. How about tractors, he says throwing another spanner in the works. One day they are mobile, the next they are stationary & driving a machine. That is unless they are like mine that hasn't moved for too many months. Personally, I like the idea of sedentary engines. The one big difference between stationary engines and any other exhibit at rallies, is that they don't get to parade around the ring. I now conjure up a dream sequence of lots of exhibitors puffing and carrying their engines around a show ring. I'm gladder than ever that I show little engines if that ever happens.

John

Oooh I like this thread, it started OT then lurched to on topic but utterly pointless!

Good point about tractors, the Field Marshall seen driving a threshing drum on this weeks salvage squad could certainly be thought of as a stationary engine with the added advantage of being able to move from job to job under its own power. Now what about the starter engines used on some large tractors etc?

BTW, I'm sure SEM did an April 1 spoof some years ago suggesting that for the coming rally season all engines would be required to parade around the arena. Anybody else remember it?

Yes, I'll admit to that one. However, as Kim and I were half way through negotiating an engine swap when the email went funny, it wasn't entirely unrelated ;-)

A bit germane to the list compared to a recent protracted thread relating to one person's inability to mail to another....

Tom

Yes, me too - sorry about that, but it was only necessity and we are not alone, I think ...

Regards,

Kim Siddorn

I don't see that past use has anything to do with it either. If none of an engines output can be used to propel the engine then it is a "stationary" engine.

See above, the tractor is fitted with clutch, gearbox, drive chain to wheels/tracks, WHY, that can be used to enable some of the tractor engines output to be used in moving the engine.