Re: Which Detroit sounds the best?. Noisy engines

Posted by Wayne on February 04, 2004 at 19:07:55 from (205.188.208.73):

In Reply to: Which Detroit sounds the best?. Noisy engines posted by Jonathan on February 04, 2004 at 07:59:37:

Out of all the posts on here nobody mentioned how good the old Murphys sounded. The Detroits definately have an unmistakable sound. Still there is nothing sweeter sounding than a Murphy in a dragline whan you start pulling the bucket back in and you hear her load up and bellow. I guess being a slow speed engine at 1200-1300 RPM Max, it's on the opposite end of the spectrum than the higher speed Detroits and as a result just has it's own distinctive sound to love. The other sound I used to love was the main High Pressure turbine on the USS America CV66. It had an extra set of nozzles that opened halfway through turbine at high speeds. By throwing the full HP steam pressure in at the midpoint it acted, for want of a better term, like an afterburned or turbo for the turbine. I used to love opening the throttle valve that extra little bit. Now that she's been decommisioned I guess I can brag a little, I've seen the old girl run at 35+ knots or 40MPH+. Not bad for a floating airport.....
Talking about the Detroits there is a site with sound clips from different model Detroits on Yahoo somewhere. I had a link at one time but lost it somehow when I switched one of my comuter programs. Maybe somebody else out there has it or knows where it is.

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