Rusty Bowtie
General Category => General Discussion - Intros => Topic started by: EDNY on May 19, 2021, 06:22:13 PM
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Just a FYI:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF5j1DvC954
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Very interesting, I don't think I'd like to work on one. I think I remember a video of a big one from a ship.
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This is very interesting,
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About one third of the WW II diesel submarines were outfitted with Fairbanks-Morse 9 cylinder (and later 10 cylinder) opposed piston engines. They were running fools. Served on one with Fairbanks and 3 with Jimmies. The Fairbanks would outrun, outlast and require far less attention. Biggest fear was water seeping into the cylinders and causing a hydraulic lock that would bust the vertical shaft that connected the two crankshafts. Sadly Fairbanks Morse went out of business. Side note: the locomotives of today have the same propulsion system (diesel/electric) and same engines as the old subs.
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A lot of information there! A WWII Submariner? Or even serving later on one of those subs? God bless you. I'm too big of a sissy for that. I'll see what engines are in the diesel/electrics that the V&T uses. A good friend works in the shop there. Maybe I can learn something. I had a bent rod from one of their diesels and thought it was kinda' short. I used it on a trophy. For some perspective the wrist pin is the sleeve from an old shock. The piston is from something else.