Ah, I should have known. I love the picture of the guys fitting a bearing
shell that probably weighs more than an entire TR3 engine.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael D. Porter
To: Bill Babcock
Cc: 'Mike Rose'; fot@autox.team.net
Sent: 5/7/2003 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: BIG MOTOR
Bill Babcock wrote:
>
> Holy smokes, what do you suppose they use it for? I was a nuclear
reactor
> operator on board the enterprise, and our main turbines generated
70,000
> shaft horsepower each (we had four of them). What in heck do you do
with
> 100,000.
This:
http://www.expo21xx.com/maritime21xx/8940_st2_marine-engine-builder/defa
ult.htm
Enterprise needed to get up and go pretty quick for a big ship, and had
a fairly high speed, yes?
Shaft speed must have been fairly high.
Container ships, well, I suppose they require something with more torque
than high-end speed. And I guess you'd have some
torque available with a 1.3 million cubic inch diesel.
Cheers.
--
Michael D. Porter
Roswell, NM (yes, _that_ Roswell)
[mailto:mporter@zianet.com]
Don't let people drive you crazy when you know it's within walking
distance.
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