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Date:         Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:44:49 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: LVC: OPOC engine
Comments: To: Daryl Christensen <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
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At 11:51 AM 12/4/2009, Daryl Christensen wrote:
>The 378' Coast Guard cutters (the big white ones) have their 2 main
>"diesel" engines running JP5 fuel thru Fairbanks Morse 12 cyl with 2
>pistons/cyl vertically opposed. Similar setup..2 injectors per cyl
>at about 3000HP/ engine...


Dear Daryl,
Have you ever seen a Deltic
engine?  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier_Deltic>  The Coast
Guard would have been better off with a turbo-compound Deltic,
perhaps -- they might have been able to affort to keep buying fuel for them.


Were you an EM?


Yours,
David
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