Thirsty Beast?

yoyo · 24 October 2006, 19:38

Is that for real??

Tim M · 24 October 2006, 20:19

Are there 8 throttles for those??

Brambles · 24 October 2006, 20:36

Maybe it’s a twin engine set up with 6 auxiliaries. Better safe than sorry

codprawn · 24 October 2006, 20:42

Must be a crompton 18m???

http://www.cromptonmarine.com/gallery/gallery.html

Roy Smith · 24 October 2006, 21:33

Wow what a fuel bill

Hugh Jardon · 24 October 2006, 23:10

i always wonder how reliable it is having so many engines, what i mean is that you increase your chances of an engine having a problem by a factor of 8 so i wonder how often it has to go in for repairs to one of em?

looks pretty awsome but i think i would prefer a couple of nice large tasty diesels personally if that was an option.

wonder what the economy is like, say each engine uses around 20 imp galls an hour on max chat, that is 160 gals per hour, so around 700 quid an hour to run, did i do my math right?

pathalla · 25 October 2006, 00:47

[QUOTE=Hugh Jardon;171277] i always wonder how reliable it is having so many engines, what i mean is that you increase your chances of an engine having a problem by a factor of 8 so i wonder how often it has to go in for repairs to one of em?

they are Yamahas....

BogMonster · 25 October 2006, 09:34

Impressive

But if the theory is that two engines will not give you the same speed as one engine of the same HP (in other words one 300 will be faster than two 150s), then what happens when you multiply that theory by 8...?

I guess you might be losing a lot of that 2000hp?

codprawn · 25 October 2006, 12:13

Too right you will - could be as much as 30% - that means 600hp or over 2 engines worth. Maybe less engines more spaced out would give the same results - less weight - less fuel needed.

As someone said - 2 nice 1000hp diesels with surface drives would make far more sense for that monster.

will_m · 25 October 2006, 12:53

There is only one purpose for a rig like that... Drug running, no really!!!

You see its not all that fast, relatively speaking, think about all that drag x8 legs are going to cause.

The reason though you opt for sssooooo many outboards is ‘the law’ has got to actually shoot out all 8 engines before you come to a grinding halt, equally so all that deck space can be put to good use, you know for stowing your chosen cargo!!

codprawn · 25 October 2006, 12:56

Never thought of that - still given the customers Crompton used to have.... They good boys now though!!!

prairie tuber · 25 October 2006, 16:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by codprawn

Must be a crompton 18m???

http://www.cromptonmarine.com/gallery/gallery.html

Looks to be. From the above linked gallery:

prairie tuber · 25 October 2006, 16:09

Taking one of these to WOT for 10 minutes would probably be one of the most fun ways I could squander my life savings!

Poly · 28 October 2006, 11:58

from the crompton website:

Model.................................D-DC

Length Lh(m).......................20.0
Beam Bh(m)..........................5.8
Tubes (cm)...........................65
Neumatic Chambers................11
Watertight Compartments..........7
Engine Power.................8x250CV
Knots...................................60
Engine Make/Model......Yamaha Vx
Fuel (litres)......................20,000
Basic Weight (kgs)............11,000
Price (Euros).............1,100,000 €

codprawn · 28 October 2006, 13:05

Shit that's almost 20 tonnes of petrol.....