Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
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lucido grigio said:
Dr Jekyll said:
I knew an 'Ant' back in the early 80s, nobody at all ever called him Tony, I think the reasoning was that Tony was almost a separate name so Anthony had to be abbreviated to Ant.
Ant McPartlin ,n Dec,Ant Anstead off car shows.That's 2 more onthe telly.
I assumed at the time that his nickname Ant had more to do with his diminutive size than his name. He really was tiny.
I wonder how many of you know that his elder brother Andrew was an inmate of the house in the very first series of Big Brother!
I last saw Ant and his dad at the funeral of Martin Hines at Waltham Abbey in 2011. Anthony (not Ant!) Hamilton was there too, chatting to Nigel Mansell.
Edited by Roofless Toothless on Sunday 30th July 20:22
Edited by Roofless Toothless on Sunday 30th July 20:27
shirt said:
For inline engines they join the cranks into a common element. For side by side and variations thereof they use a crossbox. Some images from google will show this better than I could explain:
Thanks.How do the jet engines do it then? Convert the forwards thrust of a jet engine into rotary motion? Would they use helicopter gearboxes or are they not strong enough?
... said:
Thanks.
How do the jet engines do it then? Convert the forwards thrust of a jet engine into rotary motion? Would they use helicopter gearboxes or are they not strong enough?
All gas turbines have a rotary motion anyway as the name suggests. A jet engine uses the drive from the turbine (being pushed round by exhaust gases) simply to drive a compressor fan at the front of the engine. A turboprop uses it to drive a prop, a turboshaft to drive rotor blades etc etc.How do the jet engines do it then? Convert the forwards thrust of a jet engine into rotary motion? Would they use helicopter gearboxes or are they not strong enough?
Dr Jekyll said:
... said:
Thanks.
How do the jet engines do it then? Convert the forwards thrust of a jet engine into rotary motion? Would they use helicopter gearboxes or are they not strong enough?
All gas turbines have a rotary motion anyway as the name suggests. A jet engine uses the drive from the turbine (being pushed round by exhaust gases) simply to drive a compressor fan at the front of the engine. A turboprop uses it to drive a prop, a turboshaft to drive rotor blades etc etc.How do the jet engines do it then? Convert the forwards thrust of a jet engine into rotary motion? Would they use helicopter gearboxes or are they not strong enough?
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