Apollo Command Module Door

[Revoltingest]

No I didn't. I clarified it. I never said you were wrong.

Which was my entire point in my initial post. You just like to argue and take offense when none was intended. Here's what I wrote.

Bunker c is too viscous to be regulated. The engines are usually started on something close to diesel and then switched over when away from port and the rpms are right. It's a formal process. The bunker oil injectors I'm familiar with are run full open. Since these have horrible fumes for most of us, they are not run on bunker fuel in or near port, but on a much, much lighter fuel that runs much cleaner and the engine speed can actually be regulated. I actually have been on ships as an engineer, but not on one that big. I've been on those ships as a guest and have been in their engine rooms. I use plugs and muffs to mitigate the noise on the ships I crewed on, but these was stupid loud. They weren't even on bunker c and I was cringing the whole time. Gawd, but they are loud. You feel the detonation through your whole being. It was bone rattling in the worst way. The bunker c lines are stupid big too, but then they have to be.

Goodness, gracious...you do like to play the contrarian.
A real engineer wouldn't have challenged its being a "diesel", because we think of its thermodynamic
cycle rather than the fuel name. Do you recall from your thermodynamics courses what characterizes it?
If you're not familiar with this particular engine, it's best to not say too much about its flex fuel usage.

 

[Scuba Pete]

A real engineer wouldn't have challenged its being a "diesel",

I never said it wasn't a diesel. That's YOU being a contrarian. I clarified that it would be running on Bunker oil, or "Bunker C" as it's called. You're actually agreed with me on that. I'm not the contrarian here.

 

[Scuba Pete]

This is ridiculous. I think it's time for me to use the ignore feature.

 

[Revoltingest]

This is ridiculous. I think it's time for me to use the ignore feature.

So many fun responses possible here.
But again, let's get back to engineering porn...

This is an Otto Langen (free piston atmospheric) engine....the first commercially successful engine in history.

 

[Brickjectivity]

 

[Revoltingest]

I have one!
And several other types too.

 

[Onyx]

Can you run it in reverse? I have some ideas for that.

 

[Scuba Pete]

Can you run it in reverse?

I bet it really sucks!

 

[Scuba Pete]

Diver porn...

My SF2 Rebreather​

 

[Wu Wei]

ooooh baby (que porn music)

1927 BWM R47

And now...pant pant pant

The 1927 BMW R42

 

[Revoltingest]

ooooh baby (que porn music)

1927 BWM R47

And now...pant pant pant

The R42

My favorite (although I never owned this model)....

 

[Wu Wei]

My favorite (although I never owned this model)....

nice

but hubba hubba..1956 Harley KHK. I have always wanted one of these, but I have yet to find one for sale that I could afford

But the 1927 BMW Rs are my favorite, but well beyond my price range

 

[Brickjectivity]

I prefer a motorcycle that nobody wants to steal.

 

[Scuba Pete]

I prefer a motorcycle that nobody wants to steal.

That's a trike.

 

[Iti oj]

I browse a subreddit from time to time called "Engineering Porn". This was on there today, pretty sweet!

Tagging @Revoltingest. Any other engermineers?

I'd pop that hatch...

 

[Brickjectivity]

This Engineering thread is taking a turn for the worst.

 

[Scuba Pete]

Wurst? Sure, but it's not that sexy. Well, at least not to me...

 

[Quetzal]

Wurst? Sure, but it's not that sexy. Well, at least not to me...

Delicious.

 

[Scuba Pete]

Delicious.

It's hard to "knock" it!

 

[Revoltingest]

I like big trucks & I cannot lie
The little lady standing by
that truck just might
be half the height
of the tire with her arms held high.