Flame-Licker Engine Powered Automobile

Flame-Licker model car traveling on it’s own power. As the car moves about the counter top, the resulting air currents cause the flame to dance from side to side, varying the vacuum engine’s speed. A built-in notch in the cam, causes the flywheel to move up and down slightly, while running. Here’s how the engine works: as the sliding valve on the front of the engine opens to the hole in the top of the cylinder, the piston is near the end of the upstroke and starting the down stroke. The down stroke
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