The Most Powerful Engines Ever Built 

Ok,here is my suggestion for a video: a biopic about the crew behind all of your channels

Seeing a Shuttle launch as a kid was absolutely amazing. Even at a 'safe distance' it was absolutely stunning to see, hear, and feel it. It was made even more impressive having seen these absolute behemoths up close at the Kennedy Space Center. I'm excited for next generation craft, but it was a sad day when I heard they were being 'retired.'

Should’ve included top fuel dragster nitromethane engines. They do 0-300mph in the same amount of time it takes most cars to go 0-60mph. Newer ones are pushing almost 11,000hp I believe, and they shake the ground when they go

Do a megaproject or sideproject video on the BISMARK GERMAN BATTLESHIP.

Having an example of a rocket engine in the mix is good, although I'm surprised you didn't opt for the Rocketdyne F-1. Used to power the main stage of the Saturn V it was substantially more powerful than the Rocketdyne RS-25 used on the Space Shuttle.

"... that is a name." - Simon Whistler, 2021 This quote keeps me going in the darkest of times!!

In the description of this video it says "And of course, if you love MegaProjects, you've gotta catch our sister channel, SideProjects:" but this is sideprojects lol.

I worked on the GE90-115b engine program, and work on the GE9X engine program currently. You have to see these up close and in person to get a sense of scale. You could drive an SUV through the fan cowl.

Simon, if I may correct something - you said at 07:04 that "an external solid fuel tank..." This is wrong. That external tank carried LIQUID fuel for the main thrusters.

A video on topfuel dragsters, please

Simons next channel: Allegedly.... a biographics type show in the buisness blaze style on living people in society, like Danny

Worlds largest trucks. Road trains, mining "haul" trucks etc

You continue to give us great content and your work ethic is second to none , may you prosper in all you do, kudos to you ..keep showing flames

My heart started getting teary eyed while talking about the shuttles. Losing the astronauts was tragic, so was the retirement without replacements in sight.

1:16 "everything from lawnmowers to fighter jets" I might fit one of those Wartsilas to my lawnmower then.

Fun Fact: Wartsila Rtflex 96C marine diesel engines burn 100+metric tons(derated)of fuel every 24 hours at normal running speed. The oil sump is filled with around 60MT of lubricating oil. Burns about 150litres of crankcase oil, and 600-700litres of cylinder lubricating oil for every 24 hours. Most engines have 2-3 turbochargers. And for the High pressure common rail, it runs at about 70Mpa of fuel pressure while the engine is running.

Simon pretty please make a video on the F-111, it was an incredible aircraft that had a lot of firsts

The Space Shuttle engines will be reused for SLS, but then in expandable mode.

A suggestion: Ship locks. Biggest in volume, hight, elevaters and other wierd ship locks

maybe a video idea, the "evolution of ships, from canoe to cargo giants" ??

Those huge ship engines are known as CATHEDRAL ENGINES!

Simon is slowly turning my subscriptions into a video encyclopedia and I am so happy about that.

Video suggestion: Modern day Artillery pieces. Like the M777, the M109A6 "Paladin" self-propelled, and the M119

Every time Simon says “hour” Winston Churchill smiles.

Great video...a video on the Abraj Al Bait Clock Tower would be appreciated.

Simon is hoping to one day have enough youtube channels he can place a bulk order of GE engines.

You ought to do the Berkeley Pit or silver valley, Idaho cleanup. Where else can you watch dead birds float in toxic water for $3

Watching this channel makes me appreciate the Megaprojects channel and using real measurement units.

Always was in awe of the Pratt&Whitney J58. Powered the YF-12, A-12 and of course the SR-71. An engine that uses less fuel the faster it travels.

I love the channel! Could you include metric values in brackets when writing length, speed or volume? After all SI is the unit system used in engeneering ;)

I come to your channel to learn in a fun and enjoyable setting. Thank you!!

I don't know if it's a sideprojects idea per se or a whole new channel idea, but I'd love a video of you explaining/commenting on art works? Cheers!

Make a video about the Rideau canal in Ottawa, Canada. Suggestion attempt #11 👍

How about a series on the science of space. I find the technological challenges inherent with the conditions of launching things into the cold vacuum, and expecting them to work properly really fascinating.

Simon, thanks for making part of your "Americas impressive ruins" video about the Serpeant Mound!!! I recommended it in one of your other videos. He really does read the comments people

To borrow from Clarkson's limited vocabulary; POWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! :P

I love your videos! I hope you will do a video on the Eurofighter Typhoon

I would love to see you cover the original "Peking to Paris" road race. It took place in the early 20th century and the journey was absolutely epic.

"2,2000T"? Not the script, the pop-up image.

You are in your own in this series. Well done, and we enjoy you irreverent character. Humour kills! My favorite SW channel.

James Brown has got nothing on Simon. Simon is the hardest working man in show business

Fun fact on another Koenigsegg: the recent Koenigsegg Agera RS holds the current record for 0-400-0 km/h at 31.49 seconds.

External *LIQUID* fuel tank - the "two sxternal boosters" were solid fuel, the massive tank helf the LOX and LH2 for the main engines, Simon

I know you just did Lemans, but a video on Daytona or Indianapolis would be nice.

You forgot to mention the postmen abord the aircraft carrier.

Simon - This is my channel for things not big enough for megaprojects Also Simon - The biggest engines of all time

So dissapointed you didnt feature the 426 aftermarket hemi's featured in Top Fuel Dragsters, the fastest acclerating machine on earth, making 11,000HP drinking gallons of fuel per second, these motors are so violent and powerfull they must be completely rebuilt after every run

Hello Simon, video suggestion- Hank Raymond Dam(s) in Peoria, Arizona. It ended up making lake pleasant and being part of the CAP project which serves most of central and southern arizona farmlands. I think you can find some gems about this project and the subsequent running of the water department that started from this as well.

Oh how I wish there were some kind of standardized international units so that these videos could be watched without a unit converter open on the 2nd screen.

The construction of the latest, biggest wind turbines is quite a feat - and well worth a video.

Please do a video on the 'GAU-8 Avenger' Gatling cannon found in/on the A-10 Warthog

When you decide to use metric units, I’ll watch your channels.

Would love to see a video of the building of the UK's motorway network. Great video as always :)

Thanks Simon! Great video as always thanks for keeping me sane in lockdown

I used to work (a couple years ago) for a tour bus company that did employee shuttles at the Boeing plant in Everett, Washington (home of the 747). The 777 was also being built there, and most of the tails of the 777s in production had the emblem of Emirates Airlines.

Thanks Simon!

Video suggestion: could you do a side project video about the Củ Chi tunnels (pronounced: Koo Chie) of the Vietnam war? There are enough interesting points for a light & short Side projects style video

I’ve been on the Ford and had the opportunity to see and touch those reactors. They are very impressive.

How about an episode about the Earth Spacedock, and starbases 74, 84, and 133 from Star Trek?

I'm beginning to think Simon is going for a world record of most simultaneously running RU-vid channels

7:04 - The external fuel tank held LIQUID fuel for the 3 shuttle main engines. The 2 boosters used solid fuel.

The Rideau Canal/River system would be great!

Fuel consumption: The 110,000 hp Wartsila uses 13,000 pounds per hour. A GE CF6-80 turbofan engine uses about 25,000 pounds per hour to produce 62,000 pounds of thrust at takeoff. At seal level. I'm pretty sure that at altitude, the energy required to push a 767-300 with two of these engines works out to about 140,000 horsepower, but at altitude these engines together consume only about 9000 pounds per hour. Complicating this is the fact that the turbofan uses Jet-A while the Wartsila uses bunker fuel, which is totally different. Bunker fuel weighs 8.2 pounds per gallon, while Jet-A [like kerosene/diesel, which it basically is...] weighs typically 6.7 pounds per gallon.

At 6:00 when you tell the power of the new GE-9X, there is picture of the 747 flying testbed from GE. However; the engine indicated is a standard 747 engine (GE CF-6) which is a lot smaller and less powerful. They actually had to design a new pylon to mount the new 9X engine on the 747

do a video on the YF-23

Video suggestion: Do a video on the USS Ford carrier, and how the catapults don't work, the toilets system needs to be regularly flushed with acid due to design flaws, and the many other issues.

Fun fact: Jeremy Clarkson coined the term "Hypercar" when he was driving the Bugatti EB110 and the Jaguar XJ220 on "The Most Outrageous Jeremy Clarkson in the World... Ever!"

The Raptor engine being used for Starship puts out 2200 kN / 500,000 lbf of max thrust.

You skipped the Rocketdyne F-1 engine used on the Saturn V first stage.

A detailed video about the A10 Thunderbolt II, a.k.a. Warthog, and some of its accomplishments throughout its history.

On the space shuttle, the tank was for liquid fuel used through the shuttle's main engines, the booster rockets used the solid fuel.

This was clearly a topic near and dear to your heart!

Hey Simon, since you’re on aviation, here’s two suggestions: the French also had an early airliner, the Caravelle, and it deserves mention. Also, since you’re talking about airplane engines, talk about the last great piston radials of all time: the monsterous Pratt and Whitney R-4350 28 cylinder Wasp Major; and it’s rival, the Wright R-3350 turbo compound Cyclone, which had longer service than the PW Wasp Major. They’re fascinating subjects! Thanks for reading

I remember a fun fact about hypercars. Allegedly they are getting so fast, and so powerful, that they have to limit the speed of them because there isn't a single tyre anywhere on earth that can handle those forces without peeling itself apart, which, when you're going 120km/h faster than an Apache helicopter, is kind of a big deal.

A cathedral engine (like Wärtsilä RTflex-96C or MAN B&W K98ME) produce almost similar HP per cylinder. In a 12 cylinder config these engines are said to consume 280 - 300 tons of Heavy Fuel in 24 hrs operation and propelling the fully laden vessel with nearly 25 knots. Funfact: The turbine blades of the turbochargers have a "Christmas tree" socket to the shaft and withstand 98Gs at 10.000 Rpm. And yes these turbos rarely fail in normal operation.

Great video. Can you do a video on the Space Shuttle Program either here or on your Megaprojects channel?

Interesting tidbits about the Jesko. 1. It was named after Christian Von Koenigsegg's father to honor the support and encouragement that Jesko gave him to pursue his dream. 2. Koenigsegg stated that the Jesko would be the last car they build that was aimed at setting top speed records.

A video on the Aquacar or the humble beginnings of the VW Beetle would be pretty cool.

Can you do a video on gta? The amount of work that went into that game is legendary

The unique history of the P-51, especially Britain's monumental contribution which turned the plane from failure to overwhelming success and Rolls Royce's legendary engines would be a great video. If it's anything like your Supermarine Spitfire video you'll rack up the LIKES.

At FedEx, we've got several Boeing 777's with the previous generation of those GE engines. They're ENORMOUS.

The ship engine is the most efficient reciprocating engine. At its most efficient, it can hit 50%. Comparatively speaking, the next most efficient engine has a hard time hitting 40%. Extremely impressive!

The more videos I watch the more certain I am Simon just doesn't WANT to acknowledge the existence of Umlauts

Thanks 😊 for another great Vid. Suggestion next vid would be the first car the Model T Ford.

At this point I'm subscribed to all of your channels

When your diesel doesn't need a flywheel, because your engine is too massive

You could probably do a video on all the most powerful rocket engines alone and their different categories, the F1 powering the Saturn V being the most powerful single-chamber liquid fuel engine, the RS-25 you talked about here being one of the most efficient, the absurdly powerful SRB's driving it into space, the RD-180 being the actual most powerful liquid fuel rocket engine... There are a lot of categories.

Simon: make a video about the smallest fully functional machines ever made, even nano ones

If you have not looked at SpaceXs Starship with the super heavy booster then I highly recommend you do! Mega or Side project channel would be AWESOME!!

The GE9X can basically fit a 737 fuselage in it. While it did set the world record at 135,000+lb of thrust, it is rated at ~120,000lb during normal operation. It's absolutely GIANT, as is the 777X. Happy to have a hand in that gorgeous aircraft that I hope doesn't experience crib death due to COVID.

Do a full video on the Aircraft Carrier if you can find more info

Teach us more about this cocaine

don't know if it could qualify, but early cars are interesting. I like the story about Bertha Benz' road trip, it was a great publicity stunt.

Most powerful Rocket would be the russian N1 Rocket with 45,400 kN (Saturn V has 35,100 kN) and the most powerful liquid fuel rocket engine would be the russian RD-170 with 7.900 kN but it has 4 cumbustion chambers. The F-1 engine would be the most powerful single combustion chamber rocket engine with 6,910 kN. And the most powerful solid rocket engine would be the AJ-260 with around 24,000 kn.

Hi, Simon. Very much appreciate your videos. How about making a video about the Chief Crazy Horse Memorial: a project to carve this great chief and his horse into the top of a mountain?

do one on the concrete battleship Fort Drum, amazing history behind it.

Here's a link for how to pronounce "Wärtsilä": forvo.com/word/w%C3%A4rtsil%C3%A4/ Sounds like "V", "ART", "see" "lah"

You should have mentioned that the space shuttle’s RS25 main engines have been stripped from the surviving shuttles and will be used (together with spares to give a total of 16 engines) expendably in sets of four in the SLS rockets

Idea for a side project. It's not really a side project, it's more of a combination of your channels, but the most Infamous nicknamed vehicles/vessels of WWII. Like HMS Warspite was "The Grand Old Lady", IJN Yamato was "Hotel Yamato", or USS Enterprise CV-6 was "The Grey Ghost". Be it infamous for the terror it reigned on their enemies or infamy from the terrors it dropped on its country's bank account, the stories behind each name would be a fun one.

The RS-25 engines from the Space Shuttle will be reused in the new SLS campaign. The test a few days ago show used those engines (even tho a hydraulics issue caused a premature shut down)