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The Engine of the Titanic

5,076 darthschmuck52  3.1 years ago
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"the two reciprocating engines
standing four stories high,
they really do look like
these twin sphinxes
that are guarding
the forbidden tomb."
-Bill Paxton

The Titanic had 2 triple expansion reciprocating engines. The engines were located in the Reciprocating Engine Room on the orlop deck, aft of boiler room 1. The reciprocating engines drove(turned) the port and starboard propellers. Aft of the reciprocating engines was the turbine engine which drove the central propeller. The reciprocating engines were 3 story's tall (30 feet), running on steam from the boiler rooms. The reciprocating room was vented through a slight shaft going up to the Boat Deck. The leftover steam went aft to drive the turbine engine. (info from https://titanic.fandom.com/wiki/Reciprocating_engines) after almost 5 months of work, I present to you my most detailed creation yet, the engines of the titanic built to such high detail that they are almost fully functional. controls for realistic starting: use throttle to activate starting engine and bring the hp (second from the front) cylinder to TDC (top dead center), and activate group 1 to disconnect starting engine, (group 2 for full ahead speed) once it stops, use Trim to put the reversing engine to the desired position (Full Astern, Full Ahead, Half Ahead, Slow Ahead, Dead Slow Ahead), then start supplying steam to the engine via VTOL (up for forward, down for reverse) group 5 to open cylinder covers (not accurate to the real one, just so you can see the cylinders move) feel free to put this on a build as long as you give me credit to it

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 16.6ft (5.1m)
  • Length 49.0ft (15.0m)
  • Height 31.0ft (9.5m)
  • Empty Weight 1,424,972lbs (646,357kg)
  • Loaded Weight 1,440,000lbs (653,173kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.009
  • Wing Loading N/A
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 42809

Parts

  • Number of Parts 3039
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 8,883
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    @CarlBelo it's 3000 parts, so It might have some trouble running on some systems. I know it runs a little slow on mine

    7 months ago
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    Is it lagging?

    +1 7 months ago
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    7,724 Pilotgoose

    I found the same thing where the titanic was on 1912

    8 months ago
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    3,466 Heneepr

    perfect job

    +1 2.1 years ago
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    @SimpleDesignBureau yeah, I wasn't thinking that when I built it

    2.8 years ago
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    Looks like somebody forgot to set the drag scale to false or 0.

    +1 2.8 years ago
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    3,130 UP4014X

    @darthschmuck52 ohhh that’s smart!

    2.9 years ago
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    @UnionPacific4014 I made it out of many small pieces to make it visually look right, and then made it functional with springs and rotators

    2.9 years ago
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    3,130 UP4014X

    Question, how did you do the Eccentric rod?

    +1 2.9 years ago
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    3,130 UP4014X

    Super cool! Good job!

    +2 3.0 years ago
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    @Lazer22 that would be cool, you're welcome, I started working on it shortly after I made the whistles that went on the funnels of the titanic

    3.0 years ago
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    322 Lazer22

    Imagine if someone makes a fully detailed titanic. That would be very cool through its gonna be like the Yamato, almost no one can run it. This build it really good, I really enjoyed playing with this, thank you!

    +2 3.0 years ago
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    9,303 Tookan

    Now 70 :)

    3.0 years ago
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    9,303 Tookan

    69 funi numbarr lol

    3.0 years ago
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    14.6k Graingy

    That is cool!

    +1 3.1 years ago
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    9,361 Zanedavid

    You forgot the water

    +1 3.1 years ago
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    2,098 KingOog000

    The engine itself is 3000 parts, now make the entire titanic O.o

    (Jk)

    +1 3.1 years ago
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    @LockheedLover thanks for the correction

    3.1 years ago
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    1,821 Y

    I suppose you could say that’s a… titanic engine
    Damn my humor is amazing

    3.1 years ago
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    4 storys is 40ft, not 30ft

    3.1 years ago
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    @InfamousRedSkull well, my pc is a little dated, and it was a fairly low end pc when I bought it, so that's probably why

    3.1 years ago
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    @realSavageMan I would love to, but as I said in a previous comment, this itself almost kills my computer, so that's not happening until I get a better one

    3.1 years ago
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    now make the whole ship

    +2 3.1 years ago
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    Its nice that I can run this on a Samsung

    +1 3.1 years ago
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    12.3k goxictamer88

    one small correction. the titanic had 1 reaction type parsons turbine turning the central shaft which also didnt have its own throttle control. Turbine speed relied solely on the throttle setting of the main reciprocating engines while it was also being "fed" by their exhaust steam.

    +1 3.1 years ago
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