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Nice bit of a "high tech"
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05-09-2017, 12:56 PM
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those sparks!!!!!
 i like riding things that don't look like they're blowing up unless they actually are!
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05-09-2017, 07:13 PM
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What you don't hear is that the steam engine generates maybe one tenth the noise of a diesel engine of equal horsepower rating. Steam - the foundation of modern civilization. Until gas turbine engines came along all - ALL - the heavy work was done by steam.
Diesel is a great intermediary and it IS simpler to build (you should see the Codes that apply to pressure boilers), but nothing generates torque like steam. BTW - Otto Diesel originally designed his engine to run on coal dust, which both steam and gas turbines can also digest.
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Nobody mentions almost the same HP as r11s(claimed)
As for sparks... Got to be "for the show" ? |
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