"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
Specifications
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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
@CarlBelo it's 3000 parts, so It might have some trouble running on some systems. I know it runs a little slow on mine
Is it lagging?
I found the same thing where the titanic was on 1912
perfect job
@SimpleDesignBureau yeah, I wasn't thinking that when I built it
Looks like somebody forgot to set the drag scale to false or 0.
@darthschmuck52 ohhh that’s smart!
@UnionPacific4014 I made it out of many small pieces to make it visually look right, and then made it functional with springs and rotators
Question, how did you do the Eccentric rod?
Super cool! Good job!
@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
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!
Now 70 :)
69 funi numbarr lol
That is cool!
You forgot the water
The engine itself is 3000 parts, now make the entire titanic O.o
(Jk)
@LockheedLover thanks for the correction
I suppose you could say that’s a… titanic engine
Damn my humor is amazing
4 storys is 40ft, not 30ft
@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
@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
now make the whole ship
Its nice that I can run this on a Samsung
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.