Monday, August 20, 2018

Engines

 

When I was young, driving a ’55 Chevy, I thought of motors as moving objects.  How fast could they change speeds; can they rev high and get there fast?

 

Now, driving the motorhome, I think of the motor more as a static object.  Set it at 1,600 rpm rolling down the highway.  The load varies with the terrain, but the engine holds steady.  Now it’s more about how constant a speed the engine can hold than about how fast it can change speeds.

 

 

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