210 mph "Here's what's coming"
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I'll take a Sunseeker Predator 108 instead, thank you very much Sick run Scott - how hard was it pulling when you backed out ?
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Can pistons keep up as we develop the turbine alternative?
opinions welcome
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/110846..._hits_210_mph/
opinions welcome
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/110846..._hits_210_mph/
No
I was a Gas Turbine Tech in the Navy and the number of trouble free hours you can get from these turbines is off the chart. A piston engine built to put out similar HP is prone to come apart at any moment. If you want to put 1500+ power plants in a high performance boat and live to tell about it, turbines would seem to be the safer way to go.
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I was a Gas Turbine Tech in the Navy and the number of trouble free hours you can get from these turbines is off the chart. A piston engine built to put out similar HP is prone to come apart at any moment. If you want to put 1500+ power plants in a high performance boat and live to tell about it, turbines would seem to be the safer way to go.
I was a Gas Turbine Tech in the Navy and the number of trouble free hours you can get from these turbines is off the chart. A piston engine built to put out similar HP is prone to come apart at any moment. If you want to put 1500+ power plants in a high performance boat and live to tell about it, turbines would seem to be the safer way to go.
but isn't the fuel consumption double compared to gas,
also the fuel cost of diesel/kerosene/jet fuel compared to gas?
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Without Googling it, who holds the title to Fastest Boat - Water properller driven??
Come on don't cheat,,,let's hear who you believe holds the title for fastest (water propeller) driven boat and what is the speed?
Bonus question, when and where was it set?
Bonus question, when and where was it set?
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Dave Villwock in Miss Budweiser....220 mph.....I don't remember when or where, it was a few years ago.
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Not even remotely.
Can pistons keep up as we develop the turbine alternative?
opinions welcome
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/110846..._hits_210_mph/
opinions welcome
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/110846..._hits_210_mph/
Notice airliners using pistons? The hot new planes are the single engine jets for around a million.
Turbine engines really only have one major moving part (trannys a different story) and can run wide open from day one to hot section replacement- if you can afford the fuel.
- but for performance- the only area where pistons have a slight but diminishing advantage is in top fuel and those get rebuilt what once every 5 seconds?
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