The thing you probably have to remember is that the horsepower output goes
up in ratio to the turbine rotation speed. I have no idea of what rpm's are
necessary to get to the 3,700 hp figure. I''m sure there would have to be
some kind of transmission to get the thing moving at all. I vaguely
remember reading about them at the time they were running but had no
connection until Rick dropped the comment on Thursday.
Rick Byrnes would be the one with those answers.
Wes
on 9/8/01 6:21 AM, Jon Wennerberg at jonw@up.net wrote:
> 3,700++ horsepower in a road-going truck? That must have flattened out the
> hills real well!
>
> Jon, whose 330-hp International semi makes the hills, too...
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of wspotter
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 11:45 PM
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net; David Freiburger
> Subject: Vesco turbine
>
>
> For what it is worth, the same engine Vesco's are running in their liner was
> used in a truck hauling freight between San Francisco and Los Angeles in the
> 1960's. It is not an exclusive aircraft engine.
>
> Wes
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