Originally Posted by skate 36

One thing I noticed , they were not cooling the exhaust with water like I have seen on all the other turbine boats. I would think with the added heat from the gas and no water cooling it down, that is a recipe for disaster.

Originally Posted by Nate5.0

There is a sprayer in the boat with a alarm that goes off in the cockpit when it runs hot.

I am not sure if it a typical set up but they do have something in place. Now if is commonly used or not I do not know.

Originally Posted by HabanaJoe

Can someone explain why you would put "gas" in with the diesel on a turbine boat like this? Doesn't the diesel have more Btu's per gallon? Would you add some gas to change the exhaust smell, like running some Bio-diesel? I know allot of people can't stomach diesel smell - just curious? Or is the gas so the turbine lights up quicker with less fuss?

Originally Posted by hogie roll

Much less likely if it was running diesel. Can't they run on that?

Originally Posted by skate 36

What , like a hand held sprayer?

Originally Posted by Nate5.0

No clue of the size or anything like that.

Just that when riding in it the alarm went off a few times. Each time Nick would press the button. I asked him about what the alarm was for because I didn't know and I was explained that there is a fresh water spray system in the boat that cools the turbines down when they reach a certain temp.

Originally Posted by offshoredrillin

not necessarily true, although diesel has a higher flash point than gas, its fumes are much more combustible and more violent.... if it were diesel and not caught it could have turned into a massive explosion instead of just a fire.

Originally Posted by Kings11

Out of my limited turbine knowledge - NO! We are allowed to run 100 octane Low leaded fuel "Av Gas" for a maximum of around 10-15 hours on a one time ferry flight under very strict limitations. No matter what happens immediate rebuild of all the turbines must occur. Now that's not to say these turbines aren't massively tuned differently, and can handle it but to my knowledge it's a no. Also I know from being at the 1000 Islands poker run, My Way has had trucks parked at various stops for more turbine friendly fuel.

To me it doesn't make sense to risk the turbines when they are so expensive to rebuild.

Originally Posted by skate 36

What does the gas do to make it that you need to re-build to soon?