A Turbo-Compound-Prop Engine? - The INSANE Napier Nomad
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Published 2023-04-20
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All Comments (21)
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Napiers were renowned for producing "interesting" engines. Just look at the Napier Deltic triangular diesel uniflow engine with a crankshaft at each corner of the triangle, 6 cylinders per bank, 18 in total and 36 pistons. These engines powered 22 locomotives on British Rail for many years. There are a couple now preserved. Once heard, never forgotten !
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Jaw dropping complexity. These engines were a perfect example of unlimited ingenuity combined with a strong will. Amazing. Great video!
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Despite it being somewhat of a dead end this ingenious piece of engineering should be remembered so thanks for featuring it. Keep up the good work.
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Wow! What a marvel of engineering. All done by skilled tradesmen without computers and the like. Just genuine talent and attention to detail. Amazing.
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That must have sounded good! I'm a turbodiesel kinda guy with a love for old british iron and aero engines, so this one hits the spot!
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6:49 Oh my god, that may be the first engineering detail drawing in history to induce madness in any mechanic who sets their virgin eyes upon it. That image is at once a testament to a astounding level of functional engineering, and the epitaph for this sort of engineering philosophy. This is the kind of product where the manager in charge should have said “Alright guys, we’ve gone FAR afield of the goal…” A mechanic that would be able to work on something like this would be making hundreds of $$$ an hour.
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never ceases to amaze me how compact Napier engines are
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UK. Thank you for such detailed data about the engines. Having many years ago worked on Centurion and Conqueror engines, which were basically derated Merlins. They were not the easiest engines to strip, so Gawd knows how they managed with some of those engines.
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This is an amazing engine. Thank you for posting it. About 40 years ago I found the book: " The Power To Fly" by LJK Setright and I instantly became a Napier fanatic as was mr. Setright himself. I think I remember him writing about injecting fuel in the exhaust, because there still was O2 left, so to create an afterburner with 100 lbs of trust.
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It always amazes me how they designed such complex systems all those years ago.
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I can't get enough of these engine history vids. I love it when Paul from Curious Droid does them too. The crazy engines that were developed between the start of WWI and end of WWII were something. Like that crazy Chrysler tank engine where they bolted a gaggle of straight 6 engines together.
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My introduction to Napier's powerplants was the Double Scorpion liquid rocket engine. Quite a piece of engineering itself!
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Dropping some major love for this channel, the engines of the 1900's aren't documented enough in video format.
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I have an unhealthy obsession with Napier. Their designs were so flippin wild.
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It's a pretty amazing design when I had to look at that as an engineer, pause for a bit, then go "Ah!" Modern ICEs in cars and such these days honestly look like a cakewalk in comparison.
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This video was put together so well i can't believe it. Amazing job
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I knew about the augmented turbocharger but it only now sinks in that on the Mark 1, one prop was turbine driven. Only the English could come up with something so elaborate, but at least they did it out of necessity where the Germans did it out of tradition. Thank you for a very cogent and accessible look at this engine!
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'Dared to dream big' - that's Napier all right. Thanks for posting this.
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Napier made a bunch of really cool engines! Thanks for the video.
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Just the appearance of this engine is a thing to behold. Reminds me of something out of Jets ‘n’ Guns.
