Pop Pop Boat Gallery

Here is an e-mail I got from a gentleman in the UK. Check out his early (Piot) boat that started it all! You can see Thomas Piot's 1891 patent here.

Hi Slater,
Congratulations on a super website. Both content and presentation are excellent. I have been interested in these boats for a number of years and have the opportunity to demonstrate and sell them at a museum here in the UK.(www.museumofpower.org.uk) I have a personal collection of over 200 boats. They date from the Piot era right through to the present day and measure from about 3.5" to 24" in length.My own website is not a patch on yours, but you'll find it at www.poppopman.co.uk . I have made friends with a guy in Texas, one in Switzerland and 2 in France, who are avid collectors. I attach a picture of my Piot patent boat, which is my pride and joy. Many thanks for the pleasure your site has given me.
Regards Dave.

Here is a picture of a fine boat crafted and sent to me by Mr. Alan Raubenheimer of Rose Boats, PO Box 217, Napier 7270, South Africa.

Here is a picture that Adam and his dad, from England, made. Notice the tire that's been cut in half and filled with water. Great idea! And is that an air rocket launcher I see in the back?

Here is a note and picture of a boat made by some young people in Spain.

Hello. Nice to meet you.
We are two girls, Alba and Rocío, we live in Barcelona (Spain). We are 14 year old and we are studying the put-putt boats for a job in Secondary school.
We liked very much to see your Web. The first thing is to thank you your explication since to do the boat. We have made the boat and enough good works to us. We send a video and photos for you can see it and since it has left to us.

Here is a letter and some pictures from Dan Everette and Dan Jr. Notice the pulse ripples behind the boat.

Dear Slater:

We did get the engine properly assembled on the first try and have had several good runs with the "putt putt". After a few good experiments in the bath tub we took it out to a local park and tried it in a pond. I have attached 2 photo's for you to enjoy.

Here is a beautiful coil-type pop pop by Mark Horovitz. You can find Mark's instructions here http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass/pop-pop/buildpop.htm

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Here is a tin version of the boat by Miguel in Madrid. He also made a rudder.

Here is a picture as well as a video from dad Derek and son Mikey Cook. The video is mostly slides, but there is some kinetic video at the testing phase (3MB, here).

Here's another tin hull from Tony in Victoria, Australia. His region is deep in drought--ponds are dried up, even pools can't be filled--so he faced some challenges testing it. Tony told me his 93 year old father in England made some sort of pop pop from lead electrical sheathing. I'm hoping to get some details from him.

Below is a boat made in 3 evenings by 11 year old Ashton and his dad Grant, in England. Note the modified hull design, the re-formed paper clip in the back to hold the boiler to the right tilt and the "tea candle" burner.

And below is a picture of Clifford and his son's boat with an interesting foam body. Clifford says he plans to experiment with flexible tubes rather than straws.

Also check out Dr. Flogel's page. He sent me so many interesting things I devoted a page to it.

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