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Originally Posted by sammyg2
4 stroke 12 cylinder gas turbine? don't think so.
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I read it as an "X-Shaped" 12 cylinder (4-stroke) with the supercharger powered by a gas turbine - nuts hey?
Not much about that diagram makes a lot of sense to me. Probably just part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
This would have to be a Diesel, right?
How do they typically supercharge Diesels?
Not Typical:
http://www.rodauthority.com/news/24-cylinder-big-mike-detroit-diesel-is-a-sight-and-sound-to-behold/
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Of course there are some extremely large engines out there but nothing we’ve seen has shocked and awed as much as Harrah’s V24-71 Detroit Diesel “Big Mike” engine. This brute of a semi engine is rated at over 3,000hp and makes use of 12 (yes, you read that right) 871 blowers and nitrous to get the job done.
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James_S in 2016 wrote this:
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2563935-Turbine-powered-auto-supercharger
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I see no real advantage to adding an additional turbine engine to spin a supercharger, it would be expensive, complex, and consume more fuel than simply using a conventional crankshaft driven supercharger and increasing the engine displacement if even more power is needed. People tried all kinds of crazy stuff, particularly in the crossover era between piston and turbine aircraft engine development. If you can think of it, somebody has likely tried it, and if it never achieved commercial use, it probably didn't work.
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