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Inline 4 Steam Engine Car (Powered by Purely Steam) - Vanilla

Hi, this is my first Besiege Workshop upload, I played around with steam cannons (hot water cannons) on Besiege vanilla without mods. I managed to build a real working car powered only by a 'steam engine'. The car is very slow, the engine is not very powerful, but it will run consistently. I also managed to build a differential for the rear wheels.

To run the car, first you need to turn on the engine then engage the clutch. The clutch is friction based (metal on metal), you can upgrade this to a 'grabber', but I prefer the realism.


KEYBINDS:

P = Release Car
1 = Turn On Engine
H = Clutch
Left Arrow Key = Turn Left
Right Arrow Key = Turn Right


For next project, I'll try to make a faster engine (V4 or I6) and maybe a transmission to select gears or a reverse gear (maybe will require mods to make it smaller).

The problem with faster vehicles is; the steam released from water cannons seems to get dragged by the air the faster you go, and that steam doesn't push down the 'pistons' anymore. The solution to this is to mount your engine in a way that your water cannons are facing backwards (to the rear of the car). But this also creates a problem where the backwards shooting steam cannon can slow down the vehicle speed.

I'm hoping besiege will add a stronger settings for water cannons.

Feel free to comment down below if you have any cool steam-cannon engine ideas for me to try! Or maybe if you have a better or more powerful/efficient steam engine design.