Hey, Dave! Good to see you survived all the snow and stuff. You bring
up an interesting sub plot in your statement. And that would be
placing teh cranks in such a position that teh torques do add
together. Off hand it seems that by adding together such that the
firing pulses add does indeed add the torques together and isn't that an
increase in power? If the pulses are off set, then the torque is much
smoother but it might not make as much horsepower because the peak
torque is way lower? Thinking like a V16 with two cylinders firing at
the same time. To me that would also seem to lessen the load on the
front of the back engine's crank snout. Because both cranks are in
synch with each other in firing. Have to also watch for crank harmonics
as well. One of the smarter folk on teh list might be abble to do a
harmonic analysis of two cranks tied together.
Just odd thoughts as I do not and will not likely ever have that
challenge, lol...
mayf
Dave Dahlgren wrote:
> My idea is you fill in you do not add much twist or torque and in you
> close them up they add to the torque on the rear crank has to
> transfer.. Like I said no practical experience but shooting form the
> hip here to avoid twist. Easiest way is to avoid load hence the 45
> degree split.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "MEIERLE Mike"
> <Mike.Meierle@alcatel-lucent.com>
> To: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>;
> "Skip Higginbotham" <Saltrat@pahrump.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 5:32 PM
> Subject: RE: [Land-speed] Multiple Engines
>
>
> So the idea is to make it a smooth V16 instead of a synchronized Double
> V8? Wonder what the Tractor Pull guys are doing with the 5 engine
> setups?
>
> Mike Meierle
> Sr. Systems Engineer
> Alcatel-Lucent
> 7751 Windsor Drive
> Dublin, OH 43016
> (614) 284-6229
>
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