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Subject: 
Re: Super 8457 Power Puller 5 x V20.
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.technic
Date: 
Sat, 22 Mar 2003 15:50:48 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Øyvind Steinnes writes:
> > In lugnet.announce.moc, Tobbe Arnesson writes:
> > > http://www.lotek.nu/creations/super8457/index.html
> > > 
> > > Best regards,
> > > /Tobbe
> > > http://www.lotek.nu
> > > (remove SPAM when e-mailing)
> 
> WOW! It's an awesome tracktor. Wonder what type of steel the crankshaft and
> the gearbox is made of if this was a real life beast?   :)

Gearbox? What Gearbox? Oh! You mean those shredded, smoking remains of steel
scattered all about the place! LOL!

Not to mention the clutch...

Thanks!

> > Well, let's see how monstrous is it: since the rider is a Technic fig, we
> > suppose it's 1:20, so each one of the 100 cylinders (0.6 cubic cms aprox)
> > will be 4800 cubic cms in the real world... multiplied by 100 cylinders it
> > is 480 liters!!!!!!!!!!!!  Where do you see such a BIG engine????
> 
> Well I've never heard of an enginge with 100 cylinders, but there are
> enginges out there with that volume; in big boats. Like oiltankers.... But
> they normaly only  have about 20 cylinders maximum.

They're aiming for several smaller engines instead of one big now due to
environment and fuel efficiency.

/Tobbe



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  Re: Super 8457 Power Puller 5 x V20.
 
(...) WOW! It's an awesome tracktor. Wonder what type of steel the crankshaft and the gearbox is made of if this was a real life beast? :) (...) Well I've never heard of an enginge with 100 cylinders, but there are enginges out there with that (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic)

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