At the age of 19 Rudolf Diesel invented the engine that was to be named after him. The diesel engine has become the workhorse of our age; an engine that powers 80% of all our machines
Rest easy Robbie, a great guy indeed. I always think of this program when his name is mentioned, he seems to love the hands on approach, love his sampling idea and song
I went to uni at 57. One of my lecturers and a business manager both said I had inspired them to go part time! Anyway I loved hearing your tale of being inspired, and very well done on the masters!
RIP Robbie Coltrane. I have this series recorded somewhere at home but it was the diesel engine episode I truly loved. I am a diesel mechanic and am part of a team who rebuilds large diesel engines.
I had a chat with Robbie Coltrane in 2000 at Dover Hoverport, he was about to cross the Channel on the amazing SRN4 hovercraft. He talked to me (I was in dirty overalls carrying a box of gaskets) I was so impressed not with his size but because he was so easy to talk to and bearing in mind a very well off well known guy genuinely interested in what I was doing. "I am a great admirer of the Hovercraft" he said to which I replied "maybe your program should have been trains planes automobiles and hovercraft" to which he laughed. Hope him and his family had a good trip in the scruffy black V6 American saloon car. Great guy.
Rudolph Diesel vanished on route from Holland to England, on board SS Louvaine, my great grandfather was leading seaman Michael Golden onboard that vessel, who perished at Gallipoli on board the same ship roughly 6 years later by torpedo. I'm aware that the history was quite vague in this programme.....
He was like that in real life too' Met him in the eighties when working as a mechanic. The 'Big Man'would chat endlessly about engineering heritage,planes,boats,and trains perfectly describes him.He was also into cars and owned a Citroen Light 15 when we met him in Hyndland in Glasgow. Was delighted though,when I discovered he had an all round interest like myself though. Loved this programme back in the day,yet to meet any Glaswegian that was a kid in Glasgow late fiftties early sixties that did'nt. Sad seeing it all go later though.
I enjoy these videos but he forgot to mention that Diesel also ran his engine on vegetable oil which might have something to do with his death, maybe Standard oil didn't like the fact that Rudolph Diesel was telling everyone his engine would run on Bio Fuel.(hint), John D. Rockefeller also gave the Temperance movement $4 million to make sure the prohibition was passed forcing people to buy gas for their cars because they couldn't buy alcohol to run them on, Henry Ford was promoting alcohol for fuel to help the farmers and even sold a "Flex Fuel" model T
I assume that lighthouse at The Lizard is now un-manned & the foghorn now replaced by a anonymous electronic horn. Gardner has gone the same way as Ruston, haven't they? Best diesel engine in the world the Gardner 6LW.
The foghorns are still there. Not sure of their operational status, the local lamps have gone over to pathetic LEDs with no presence in the lights loom to set them apart from a bright torch.
of course, diesel powered transportation in the US would have been a flash in the pan, were it not for the efforts of an American named Clessie Lyle Cummins; who drove across the country and raced in the Indy 500 in a car powered by an engine of his own design; the engine manufacturer that now bears his name powers thousands upon thousands of heavy duty trucks, earth moving equipment, and of course, saved Chrysler's truck division from an uncertain future.
it is. check out Diamond DA42. but thrust to weight ratio in aircraft is important and diesels are quite heavy and unable to produce thrust specially compared to jet engines. there is also info out there that diesel consistency vary on altitude and temperature. but it has a lot of torque. which is good for heavy machinery like trucks and ships. torque is heavy lifting. it does not have to deliver that force quickly like jet engines does.
I think that the diesel will be more and more popular. Just like in the car you get good cruise performance with range and cost. The Centurion is a very, very good engine. Turbo power, kerosene in the wings and fantastic performance. I'm surprised that diesel and kero isn't as popular as it could be. 100LL is fine but diesel has lower costs and greater performance. Thielert engines have incredible reliability.
I have heard that Diesel originally designed the engine to use hemp oil (when it was completely legal, also abundant and easy to produce), and had to adapt to an 'inferior' petrol/oil mix (which became 'diesel' fuel) when hemp became illegal?
OK, that engine at the end of the show, the hand-cranked one in Zimbabwe. Is that a Lister? Sounds like it, and the starting procedure is correct. steve
I have since found a Chinese Diesel engine, that has a compression release, and a hand crank. It is a MASSIVE 3 HP engine, and I need something to install it on. Yes, it starts the same way, and will "roll coal" if you increase the speed quickly. I'm thinking a mini bike. steve
Mute this video between 17:21 and 18:12 and play the song titled "Passionfruit" By Drake (Only the first 38 seconds or so) Would make a great music video. Hilarious none the less.
I am just Krazy enough to work on diesel engines for a job, tuning, service and rebuild. So far the smallest has been a single cylinder of a few hundred cc and the largest a V16 1000hp, Just like woman they come in all sizes. Bitches too lol 😂
Over forty years ago Ted Pritchard of Melbourne Aust. built the lowest emission engine in the world, a steamer [external combustion engine]. It does not matter what you do I.C. engines can ever compete pollution wise. The major vehicle mfrs. would not take it up. I could be excused for believing politicians do not enforce emission levels because they are too scared to do so. That little engine is most likely still the best in the world. I had thirty years in ships as an engineer and I can assure Mr Coltrane he doesn't know what he is talking about
A man of wisdom a man of solitude a humble man a clever individual a man we should all admire a man ahead of his time a man we should follow a man whos intput will and should always be recognised We will all miss you Mr Coltrane we really will Oh and Mr diesel will not be misses as much because all those that lead us have managed to charge us much more for diesel which is a crude oil and cost far less to produce than petrolm but they still manage to charge us more Its a SAD SAD WORLD IS IT NOT ??????????????
I am Irish and I don’t understand what you are saying. Pierce Engineering is closed probably 40 years now, a victim of not planning for the future, they were still making horse equipment well into the 1960s.
Diesel, the Devil's piss. I bought a Jag a few years ago. Diesel engine. What a pile of sh#t that car was. Never buying diesel ever again. I advise you all to avoid Diesel engines like you would a crackhead beggar pretending to be homeless.
@@G.5.B.H.M Lies. They are loud, slow, very narrow power band, you have to wait for the glow plugs to warm up before you can start them. A general pain in the arse. I imagine you are a deaf old man.
I've had 4 dsl cars,all of them very reliable ,very economical and very fast. I've never been in that much of hurry to think about glow plugs taking too long and neither been rude and calling people names like a petulant child because somebody doesn't agree with me.
