http://performanceunlimited.com/illu...fulengine.html<br><br> Wonder what kind of engine lift they use to move that sucker?<br><br>Rod

 

I've seen the 40,000 - 50,000 hp versions of that engine on some of the newer container ships. Sutzer has been around a while and know how to build these engines. They use a small reduction to go from 100 rpm engine to about 75 rpm on the prop. The engine as you see from the pictures has no &quot;transmission&quot;. These are direct drive. The engine is air start and will crank and run in either direction. So when a ship is maneuvering and needs to go from forward propulsion to astern, the engine is stopped and then cranked in reverse. Two cycle engines are nice in that respect.

 

That's old news rod. I saw that last night at like 12:30.

 

So where's the turbo? <br><br>I'm thinking a gated 14km^2 housing and a Scotty XXVIII <br><br>Jay

 

im sure we could shoehorn 1 into a ram .......

 

I just got off a APL ship the first of March.One engine B&amp;W 66,383 HP. 3 turbos about 7 feet high. turns 104 RPM and the ship 900 feet long goes about 24 knots.

 

my conversion calculator dosn't do knots to mph :'( how fast is 24 knots??

 

it comes out to be about 27.65 mph