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Perhaps not a launch or a boat but...

 
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duncandumpertruck


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:24 am    Post subject: Perhaps not a launch or a boat but... Reply with quote
These aren't fitted to a launch or a boat but... The last ship i worked on. A GE2500+ for which we had two and a A Fincantieri 56B steam turbine which was driven off the waste heat generated by the gas turbines. Total power output, 60MW



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
60MW....I wonder how many stepper motors that would drive.    
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It would probably light all the LEDs in the world.  
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