The World's Biggest Combustion Engine - Super Tanker!

Frame57 · 12-05-08, 11:41 AM

:rotfl:

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Originally Posted by breadcatcher101

Impressive, but I can still sink it with 3 well-placed torpedoes!

Or one good ADCAP might just do it...

Hylander_1314 · 12-05-08, 12:41 PM

I would think that a ratio gearbox with a smaller more economical engine, and say something like an average of 4 to 1 or 6 to 1 ratio of prop revs for engine rpms would be more practical. Getting the pitch on the flutes to a good angle to maximize thrust would be interesting too.

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Hylander_1314 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2006 Location: 5 Miles Inland West Of Lake Huron Posts: 1,936 Downloads: 139 Uploads: 0	I would think that a ratio gearbox with a smaller more economical engine, and say something like an average of 4 to 1 or 6 to 1 ratio of prop revs for engine rpms would be more practical. Getting the pitch on the flutes to a good angle to maximize thrust would be interesting too. __________________ A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law. -John Marshall Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ---------------------