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![]() I wish I had gone on the Sunday for the better weather but I have to say that the dyno' show was worth the 150+ miles of travelling I did on the Saturday .
Shame that more engines didn't use the heavy haulage / play pen provided , later in the day it looked more than ideal for engine movement . Does anyone know the final figures for all the engines that took part ? Dave |
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It was remarkable how the ground recovered overnight after the Saturday rain. |
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![]() Welland is my favourite Rally,
I was at the Dyno when Fowler ploughing engine "The Chief" was really working, when you see the load going through the belt, it does well to stay on. it's a reminder of how powerful these engines are. There's a clip on the Hockley Heath Facebook page-https://www.facebook.com/HockleyHeathSteam/ |
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![]() I have previously slammed others for stupidity with a dynamometer, and this video simply shows what can go wrong.
The use of a dynamometer to simply explore what peak BHP can be achieved is exactly analogous to the flat out races of the very early steam rallies. I am firmly with the late Ronald H Clark that any such exercise is stupidity personified. As for the comment " Quote:
By all means demonstrate a dynamometer, but limit the maximum power to a conservative multiple of the nominal horse power and always with the engine on the governor. Maybe an exercise in efficiency measurement would give people something more challenging to do. I trust the NTET and rally safety officers will have taken note and learnt from this near miss. Martin |
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![]() I have also maintained that Dyno testing should be carried out with the governor belt on, in fact it is a good way of setting the governor up to work effectively. Another way of looking at it would be to ask whether thrashing or wood sawing should be carried out without a governor belt.
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![]() Utter stupidity from the crew on the engine and the dyno. They had a warning a few minutes earlier when the belt came off but fell to the ground. They were lucky that it was only the engine that suffered any damage.
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If you choose to ignore the near misses, you are going to work your way up that pyramid. The particular bit of tom foolery in question could have had very different consequences if a bit of belt had caught the driver - I understand it trashed the steersman's seat. The problem with dyno testing is that it turns into a willie competition - mine has more BHP than yours. So somehow we have to reign in the testosterone and put some sense into it. If you read my post, you will see I made positive suggestions on how that might be done while keeping dyno testing. Martin |
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![]() The first beheading at a steam rally should bring the punters in............
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