16:08 - I'd heard elsewhere that it sometimes doesn't start on first try, and there it was. I would guess not enough lead in the valves, set up for efficiency when running.
There are TWO working triple expansion engines on the TSS Earnslaw, a steamer on Lake Wakatipu in NZ, launched in 1912. The engines produce 500 hp at 145 rpm (each or both together?) and the boilers are coal fired. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSS_Earnslaw
You covered areas that others didn't, showed the difficulties in getting it started, and a good long ride in a Morris Minor! Perfect!
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Very old car with navigation system. Nice combination.👍And then these giant machinery. Amazing.
16:08 - I'd heard elsewhere that it sometimes doesn't start on first try, and there it was. I would guess not enough lead in the valves, set up for efficiency when running.
Such amazing Engineering!
There are TWO working triple expansion engines on the TSS Earnslaw, a steamer on Lake Wakatipu in NZ, launched in 1912. The engines produce 500 hp at 145 rpm (each or both together?) and the boilers are coal fired.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSS_Earnslaw
How do they even make such large engine blocks, what kind of factory is required? This blows my mind.
@Retired Bore WoW Casting iron of this scale? Though i hear that cast iron is brittle due to high carbon content.
Hi Will, great video and commentary again, very enjoyable 👍
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Aren’t these a variation of the engines that were in the Titanic and her sisters?
Yes that's correct.
I recognise that sound. Definitely a Moggy 1000..
Yes 1964 Moggy