Cugnot "Le Fardier"

Printing Remarks.

Best to be printed at about 30% for all parts except the very small ones which are on actual scale (in my case 30%)

The reason behind this is that the programm I use for drawing is setup a bit strange, when I draw something that should be 12 mm itt actually 36 mm when exported, I guess thats due to a smal bug but I don't mind as I know it and always calculate that error into my printing :) )

At 30% the whole length of the Fardier is about 140/150 mm, keep that in mind because the assembly can get a bit delicate for the very small parts.

Wherever printing is impossible because of the thickness of some parts I use some paperclis I bent and cut in to size.

In 1770, a full-size version of the fardier à vapeur was built, specified to be able to carry four tons and cover two lieue (7.8 km, or 4.8 miles) in one hour, a performance it never achieved in practice. The vehicle weighed about 2.5 tonnes tare, and had two wheels at the rear and one in the front where the horses would normally have been. The front wheel supported a steam boiler and driving mechanism. The power unit was articulated to the "trailer", and was steered from there by means of a double handle arrangement. One source states that it seated four passengers and moved at a speed of 3.6 kilometres per hour (2.25 mph).[3]

Engine part of Cugnot's 1770 fardier à vapeur, as preserved at the Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris

The vehicle was reported to have been very unstable owing to poor weight distribution, a serious disadvantage for a vehicle intended to be able to traverse rough terrain and climb steep hills. In addition, boiler performance was also particularly poor, even by the standards of the day. The vehicle's fire needed to be relit, and its steam raised again, every quarter of an hour or so, which considerably reduced its overall speed and distance.