How Do Radial Aircraft Engines Work?
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colohayhauler
Clutch Monkey
I would like to have a mazda with one of those rotary engines. They rev like hell, but don't last as long as conventional engines do, they wear out the "apex" points on the rotor, not much torque though. Anyone ever hear of the Ford Semi truck, from the 60's with a turbine engine in it? I'm a sucker for this kind of history and ****.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_army_rolling_along/4305198526/lightbox/
I found some more pics of it some time ago I can't find again, the cab of that thing was pretty friggin' cool, even compared to today's stuff.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_army_rolling_along/4305198526/lightbox/
I found some more pics of it some time ago I can't find again, the cab of that thing was pretty friggin' cool, even compared to today's stuff.
colohayhauler
Clutch Monkey
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brimen/sets/72157624976630504/with/5034025866/ Hey what do ya know..found the others
Duck
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I have a book somewhere called "50 years of General Motors".
There was a page or two about GM's version of the gas turbine powered trucks from that era. They made a few of them but they never went into production. They just used them to haul car parts back and forth between Detroit, Toledo & Youngstown. I think it said they were unreliable, bad on fuel, .. something like that.
There was a page or two about GM's version of the gas turbine powered trucks from that era. They made a few of them but they never went into production. They just used them to haul car parts back and forth between Detroit, Toledo & Youngstown. I think it said they were unreliable, bad on fuel, .. something like that.
eamac2004
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Duck
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Yeah that would be weird having NOTHING in front of you but glass.
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eamac2004
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View attachment 6731 Kenworth with boeing turbine
Duck
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WTF?? Where'd his engine go?
Tim
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Never drove a GMC Astro or a Chevrolet Titan did ya? Not as bad as your pic but damn close. Those trucks were way ahead of there time.
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eamac2004
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I've never driven one, but having that short wheel base would be a plus.
Tim
U.S.Constitution
No. The interior of the GMC Astro and Chevrolet Titan was. First true wraparound dash with all the controls at arms reach without moving your body. They were a vary well built truck other than the over sized windshield and door glass. Pain in the ass to heat and cool.
Duck
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I drove one about 300 yards once when I was a teenager working in a crane shop. I had to pull it into the shop to put a crane on it. I don't think I got it out of 3rd gear.
Tim
U.S.Constitution
A plus if you like your kidneys jarred out.
Duck
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I typed "GMC Astro interior" into Google Images. I got about a billion pictures of ****ing mini-vans.
But I found this:
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And for "Chevrolet Titan interior" I found this:
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I'm not even going to ask what the hell that thing is.
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Duck
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I rode shotgun in a Mack 3 axle straight truck once, from Bolingbrook, IL up to Beloit, WI. I was a teenager, working at a crane shop. I'd put a crane on a truck owned by some company called ABC and one of the other mechanics, who had a CDL, was driving it up there to swap it out for another one. A roofing company had bought several new trucks & was having us put knuckle-boom cranes on them. I went with because the boss had bought a Ford Taurus SHO for the salesman that I was supposed to drive back. The ride up there in that truck was miserable. The drivers seat was air, but the passenger seat wasn't. I couldn't understand why the damn thing would bounce around & shake even on perfectly smooth, brand new pavement. It felt like the tires were half-full of concrete or something & as they were turning, they were off balance by about 200 lbs each. I mean that piece of **** literally felt like we were hitting curbs every quarter second. The guy who was driving told me that all trucks ride like that. I said bull**** there's gotta be something wrong with it. On one of the 8 or 9 times I made him pull over so I could make yellow snow, I went over that truck looking for something falling off. I checked the crane mounting bolts, which I'd installed myself, I checked the bolts for the flatbed which I'd removed, cut 6 feet off of, and re-mounted. I checked the leaf springs & hangers & everything. The drive shafts weren't bent. I couldn't find anything wrong with that truck. I guess it was just a piece of ****.
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