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- Sun Nov 17, 2019 6:02 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: The Bloodhound SSC/Thrust/Noble Thread
- Replies: 284
- Views: 404711
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 9:58 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Off the Rails - Train Stuff
- Replies: 111
- Views: 165486
Re: Off the Rails - Train Stuff
So, moving on from there, and accepting that making condensers work on locomotives is problematic, I still wonder why no one spannered a turbine in there then simply threw away the steam as with the standard reciprocating machinery of the day. They did: the LMS “Turbomotive” used a non-condensing t...
- Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:11 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Off the Rails - Train Stuff
- Replies: 111
- Views: 165486
Re: Off the Rails - Train Stuff
Why was the steam turbine never used in trains, then? It was certainly small enough and more efficient. The steam turbine was in fact often experimented with in railway locomotives (not “trains” please -a train is the rake of carriages or wagons that a locomotive draws). Issues of cost, complexity ...
- Sat Nov 09, 2019 8:24 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Off the Rails - Train Stuff
- Replies: 111
- Views: 165486
Re: Off the Rails - Train Stuff
Seems like train development stopped and marine stuff carried on. No, steam locomotive development never stopped; just about everything that could have been tried to improve performance and efficiency has been tried at some stage with varying degrees of success. In the end though, it all boils down...
- Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:39 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Off the Rails - Train Stuff
- Replies: 111
- Views: 165486
Re: Off the Rails - Train Stuff
Nice.captain sparkle wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 10:06 am How about "the biggest steam train in the world" on the rails again - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuJPVhtQFeQ
- Thu Nov 07, 2019 11:42 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Off the Rails - Train Stuff
- Replies: 111
- Views: 165486
Re: Off the Rails - Train Stuff
“My understanding is that you fill your loco up with coal and water, light a fire and once everything is hot and pressurised away you go. The steam passes through several expansion stages then is blown up the spout to make the fire draw. Is that correct?” Indeed it is. The rest, however, is flawed (...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 9:44 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: The Bloodhound SSC/Thrust/Noble Thread
- Replies: 284
- Views: 404711
Re: The Bloodhound SSC/Thrust/Noble Thread
Anybody else watching the Bloodhound updates on YouTube? 491mph, without breaking sweat. Impressive stuff....
https://youtu.be/mrerP1ae6A4
https://youtu.be/mrerP1ae6A4
- Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:13 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 1199030
Re: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
Am I just very cynical, or am I correct in thinking that 477mph in a wingless 1950's aircraft is pushing neither the boundaries of speed nor technology? If you're very cynical, then so am I. I think NAE will either... 1, quietly go away and never achieve anything, 2, be put out of business by Blood...
- Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:52 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 1199030
Re: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
Jessi Combs’s record attempts in North American Eagle have ended tragically:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-us-canada-49504222
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-us-canada-49504222
- Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:12 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Avro Vulcan XL319
- Replies: 30
- Views: 85771
Re: Avro Vulcan XL319
Fair enough.