An engine for a boat...
I had initially blogged about it in March of 2004:
World's largest Diesel Engine
I found today that the website had moved to another server and had been greatly expanded.
Check out the all new:
The Most Powerful Diesel Engine in the World!
Here is one of the new photos showing the crankshaft in the crankcase:
You can see the rungs of the ladders used to descend to the oil pan.
Here is the completed engine:
The very cool thing is that the efficiency is extremely high. More than 50% of the available energy in the fuel gets converted to motion. Contrast this to smaller engines in automobiles and aircraft where the efficiency is in the 25% to 30% range.
Posted by DaveH at August 31, 2006 8:32 PM