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The Most Powerful Diesel Engine in the World!

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bstarling:
I am a total newbie, but do love machinery...I've one question regarding the engine. How, pray tell, do you start one? I can't imagine there's enough compressed air anywhere. I can't see an electrical starter doing anything. I know they used to use black powder charges to crank old tug engines. Would they use an explosive charge?

Thanks,

Bill

sbwhart:
I'd imagine they would start it with another smaller donkey engine, so how would they start the donkey engine you may ask  :scratch:

Have fun

Stew

spuddevans:

--- Quote from: sbwhart on August 30, 2009, 02:14:53 AM ---I'd imagine they would start it with another smaller donkey engine, so how would they start the donkey engine you may ask  :scratch:

--- End quote ---

Well that's obvious, with another slightly smaller donkey engine  :lol:

But then, how do they start that engine?

Well with an even smaller...........


Eventually, with a big enough engine room, the smallest donkey engine gets started by an Elmers #25 wobbler powered by the farts of the ships cat  :lol:

Tim

bstarling:
Surely must be one HORSE of a donkey engine. Sometime in its life the thing has to be cranked once. I would guess the donkey must be about the 10th largest diesel in the world. :bugeye:

Bill

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