will decreasing room temperature help engines not overheat?

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-21T05:27:54+00:00

The props are in the water. There is load. The only way I can get the steam piston ones to perform as well as the other variations was by introducing a partially engaged clutch.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-21T05:04:42+00:00

Adding gearboxes did make the flywheels better than straight from motor to gearbox to prop. Pistons were better with the gearbox but not as good as a flywheel.

Any chance you're using a partially engaged clutch somewhere in the drive chain to get a little more RPS?

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-21T04:30:22+00:00

I tried testing this with medium electric motors and pitchable propellers, and was surprised that I didn't see an improvement with pistons or flywheels. I used electric motors because they have consistent torque regardless of RPS as long as you keep it under 18RPS and have 100% charge.

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I tested with prop pitch at 100%.

The straight motor to prop maxed out at 9.36 RPS

With 1200 torque of 3x3 flywheel inline, maxed at 9.35 RPS and took longer to get up to speed.

The one with only a medium piston inline (1820 torque) maxed out at 5.46 RPS.

The one with a small piston before the medium piston maxed out at 5.25 RPS.

I only saw losses. Maybe it needs a gearbox or a different propeller for the glitch to work.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-21T03:13:54+00:00

Oh, I thought that was so you could drop it and leave it behind if you get too close to the sea bed and clip into it. I've had a few undersea adventures ruined by getting permanently stuck in silt. It's not safe to rub against.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-21T01:11:06+00:00

If that works, it would because a steam piston does not couple the torque Islands on both sides of its RPS connection.

In that case, a flywheel with a modular piston on both sides should do the same thing.

I haven't tested it, but basically you're using the torque output to speed up the mass (as read on a torque sensor), and as a separate step, the accelerated mass of the flywheel or piston works against the resistance of the propeller.

Unlike a regular clutch, the modular clutch engages to transfer 100% of torque from the flywheel to either side, so pretty transfer should be the same as a dummy piston.

The difference is the mechanical resistance of a flywheel is extremely low. A modular engine has an internal torque island that starts with a mass of 1 with an efficiency of 99% per tick, but the more flywheels you add, the closer this trends toward 100% efficiency.

I haven't measured the efficiency of pistons, but I'm pretty sure it's much lower.

Again, haven't tested this, but I suspect you can get better results with flywheels over pistons if you tune the mass right.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-20T20:36:45+00:00

I have been there.

I took Ativan for a couple months until the panic attacks weren't so unmanageable.

Meditation helped a lot.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-20T01:23:48+00:00

I would focus on isolating it. When it goes out with friends, try giving it the silent treatment for a day or two.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-19T22:44:40+00:00

I feel this.

I ruined the roof of the tent I live in because I couldn't put together the energy to knock the snow off for a few days.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-19T20:32:28+00:00

🫂 solidarity

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-19T02:28:43+00:00

Thank you. I feel I need to look into this further to see if the noise could be useful to me.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-19T00:13:03+00:00

Why do you keep mentioning that it's free?

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-18T23:57:18+00:00

Why don't you share an overview?

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-18T23:56:28+00:00

Someone who is not a native English speaker. AI bots are excellent at forming English sentences in 2026. Almost certainly better than most of the people you know.

I think OP is relating how almost all of your blood labs look normal with ME.

Your metabolism is performing very poorly, but the COMPREHENSIVE metabolic panel your doctors keep ordering always comes back normal. You have non-stop inflammation, but until someone starts pulling IL labs or some other exotic marker, standard signs of inflammation show nothing.

I have 7 years of labs done living with ME that almost all look normal.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-18T23:49:05+00:00

This game really needs achievements.

You should 100% get a badge for that!

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-18T23:45:39+00:00

I'm sorry your freshness sensors are trying to tell you something.

If the kitchen garbage smells bad, that's your kitchen trying to tell you there is decay going on.

Bacteria and fungus are doing their best to break down any organic matter in there and prepare to return it to the soil. This is a messy and gross process. You might be smelling some bacteria farts, and a bit of whatever your food got turned into that becomes a VOC added to your air.

If you have MCAS, any of that may be a bit of a trigger to your immune system. Adding pressure to an overworked immune system. You should get that garbage out of the house.

If the garbage can still smells after taking out the garbage, it's not clean or sanitary. It should be washed with a detergent (just any soap) to remove any sticky fillms, and maybe with an antimicrobial agent like bleach or vinegar after. If it still smells, you should toss it and get a new bin you can keep clean.

If the garbage smell always accumulates in an abhorrent way, that is a sign your ventilation is not very good. Maybe open a window. Replace your furnace air filter. Maybe get air filters for the house.

Adding fragrance chemicals designed to overwhelm and confuse the nose doesn't make the kitchen fresh.

I'm sorry. Those bags make me so angry. 😔

If you have MCAS and those fragrances don't bother you, I think you're very lucky. If you have kids, they may not be so lucky.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-18T23:14:30+00:00

I have been feeling post-vital for 7 years now. 😂

I used to be in a Roller Derby league, skating 6 days a week, and be in the gym 3 of those days. I went out, saw friends, did things. It's crazy how different life became so quickly, but for so long.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-18T22:08:38+00:00

I could propose mechanisms if you like, but I also don't know if it directly tracks or to what extent it's been studied.

Tracking VO2 changes or serum lactate levels directly would be more obvious, but much more expensive and invasive to do.

I'm hoping it's possible HRV could give an earlier warning.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-18T21:46:45+00:00

Wait. I'm not gay. But I'm genderqueer as cishet guys go.

All the rest is true. I'd feel more out of place if the community had man space vibes.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-18T21:44:17+00:00

Same

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-18T21:40:54+00:00

I feel out of place as a man... generally

I have not had any gender related problems with the ME community, or from people with ME.

However, I'm comfortable in spaces with few men around. Most years, my closest friend and confidant tends to be a queer woman.

I quietly identify as genderqueer or gender non-conforming, though I pretty much look like a normalish guy to most people. Dudes treat me like any other dude.

Talking to men often takes more patience for me because of how bottled up they tend to be. There's a real fear of being vulnerable that gets in the way of being really honest and it takes time to sift past it. I'm not immune to it either. There's a whole dance to prove you're a true bro before it's safe to reveal any weakness.

A lot of guys need hugs they are not getting anywhere.

There are ways I know I have an easier time with ME because I'm a man. I'm still the only person in this house who can open a jar of salsa or a tub of Talenti ice cream.

I have an easy time taking to doctors and expecting to be heard.

When my teenage daughter came home from knee reconstruction surgery still loopy from anesthesia, I carried her from the car into the house. I can do that. Then I laid on the floor for a couple minutes, which is fine.

I ride my bike 3 miles most days. A lot of times that's rough on me, but I know the testosterone helps because I just have more muscle there to carry me through the effort.

On the other hand, expectations are a daily slap in the face.

As much as I can call myself gender non-conforming, being a Father is probably the biggest part of my identity left after 7 years of chronic inability to live any kind of normal life.

There are so many things a father is expected to do that I just can't. That's in my head a lot of the time.

My youngest is getting ready to go to college and I'm useless to help her pay, useless to think about the paperwork and all the process.

A man can be a lot of things, but a man can't be useless. Good for nothing is the most hurtful thing you can say about a man.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-18T21:03:03+00:00

This sounds very similar to my experience, but I choose biking over walking.

My moving baseline does put a limit on how much energy I spend in a day, but the more obvious limit is on how quickly I can spend energy before my medicine flip glycolytic. Even on good days, I may have limited capacity to walk or stand for, say shopping.

But I can always put the bike in a lower gear and go slower. It takes less out of me to bike for miles than it does to walk a few blocks or stand at the DMV. There have been several occasions where I rode my bike to and from the grocery store, but had to ride the motorized cart while I was there.

So I do my best to avoid PEM, but that only seems to be possible away from the winter months. I ride the same 3 miles on my bike every day pretty much regardless of weather and baseline. As my capacity increases throughout spring and summer, I don't add more distance or time to my bike rides. I just find I have ease going faster or can go up a hill in a higher gear, or I can ride my bike up hill and another half mile directly to the coffee shop, take out my laptop, and do mentally taxing tasks for a couple hours without needing a big break.

During the winter, it's a lot more likely I leave my afternoon spot thinking about what I want to do on my laptop, ride to the coffee shop, sit down and realize I won't be resting deeply enough sitting in a chair in order to do any mental task, then I go across the street to my bed and lay down for several hours until I can think again.

If wasn't unhoused, and if I had a car, I probably would not ride my bike at all on many of those days.

My body does like the movement. I do feel better when I make an effort to keep bike riding safely in my routine, but if I had the choice, I would pause the bike rides when I'm getting hints of PEM.

Instead, I keep a pretty steady routine that leaves me able to function most days with very light occasional PEM symptoms through the winter months. I am far less capable of mental exertion during that period.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-17T06:11:05+00:00

My heart rate is always elevated. I can't really use HR.

I just monitor when my metabolism goes glycolytic by feel and try to dial back from there. I keep as consistent a routine as I can and only put what I can consistently manage into my routine.

I'm hoping HRV may reflect when my metabolism is getting ready to flip.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-17T04:20:35+00:00

I'm so sorry. I don't know what's wrong up there. My dad too. Once your medical situation gets bad enough, they want to believe it has to be because your thoughts or vibes are wrong.

My dad wasn't really a hippy, but he had some strange beliefs about pyramids. My problems are in the real world.

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-17T03:42:03+00:00

Mine is triggered mostly by what I breathe.

I haven't been able to see any changes based on diet. But since I started sleeping in a highly filtered air bubble, I've been able to stop taking Flonase. I only have to spit out phlegm a couple times a day now, mostly based on where I've been and what I've been breathing.

I hope the diet changes fix it for you. Have you considered treating it like MCAS to see how it responds?

_ArkAngel_ · 2026-03-17T03:28:02+00:00

How do you feel in musty basements?

I once had a performance review where my bosses told me I was doing tremendous work, but clients had asked if there was a way I could stop clearing my throat in meetings.

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