Mega Diesel Engines - How To Build A 13,600 HP Engine | Full Documentary

MTU Friedrichshafen is a brand of Rolls-Royce Power Systems. Their drive systems and large diesel engines, for example, properly heat up ships, heavy and military vehicles or railways. It is not uncommon for such drives to have outputs of up to 13,600 hp. The mega-diesels are manufactured in the idyllic Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance, but the engines "Made in Germany" have long been used worldwide.

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[slckby]

finaly found the perfect engine swap for my civic

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[andretsang]

Documentary starter pack:
- dramatic music over routine maintenance
- "Something horrible will go on if [mistake is made]"
- milometer precision

[elBusDriverKC]

So, even with this engine being so massive, they still get it done faster than the "project engine" in my

[rackets]

How gentle and precise they are at the factory, but when it comes to real-world maintenance, it's just shoved together and locked down, and viola! It works! I would have been interested to see more of the the valve assembly.

[MrTcacciatore]

One of the most amazing things i have ever seen..the amount of technology and engineering that had to be coordinated and the facility to build such a power plant is beyond comprehension and from start to finish seems like a miracle that it had to start with an idea and the amount of perfection it takes to complete such a project seems almost like something out of science fiction....my own projects will never seem impossible again after watching this program....I am in awe of the amount of engineered parts and processes it took to complete this build....just AMAZING

[zadrik]

In many ways I prefer similar videos from the 40's and 50's. In those old films they give much more focus about the precision required, and the skill of the workers. It is almost a theme. In nearly all of the modern equivalent videos, they are always adding fake drama with stressful music and talking about all the things that could go wrong, how dangerous it is, how much it will cost if something goes wrong. These workers are professionals who do this work every day. There is no drama like is always added these days. I really hate all the added drama and the loss of focus on the skill of the workers.

[robertgift]

Amazing precision.
Rudolf Diesel would be so proud.

[polygamous]

Swiss watch precision engineering on a MASSIVE scale, Great Job guys

[Khamis]

I love seeing human ingenuity it's so awe inspiring, I just finished watching videos on jet engines and the amount of thought that goes into all of this is crazy and these guys here even just knowing how this stuff works is so impressive to me. What is awesome is that all of us can't possibly know all of the ways that these things work, we have humans specialized in everything and it's awesome to me seeing where we are at now. Despite horrible things going on it feels like we are still progressing and it's calming and exciting to watch this kind of stuff back. I love seeing technology progress, I wish I was part of it more honestly but I'm too late in life to become so masterful at something like it. But the feeling of awe will never leave me seeing this stuff progress and the things humanity has accomplished.

[kenfranklin]

Can we just watch a doco like this without the constant, "If this goes badly...bad things will happen" in every friggen step??

[MrRandychristian]

That ship is currently on lease to Trinidad and Tobago and I have been on it alot. As a heavy machine mechanic it was great to see what goes on below deck. 11 barrels of diesel per hour x 4 engines. Wow.

[PSUK]

I’m a 63 year old professional Mech Eng and have loved every minute of my chosen career. What a fantastic video this is!

[khoanguyenang]

thank you for this kind of engineering documentaries, a lot of thing to learn.

[barracuda]

More than half of all luxury yachts are powered by MTU engines..Its a stunning market share.

[dustoff]

This is absolutely mind-boggling with all that must be done. The designers of these engines are amazing...

[cecilwilson]

Fantastic to watch from the whole process smelting to the finished product greatly presented engineering at its finest 👍😍

[dadt]

I find it amazing how Germany is making everything that moves - trains, trams, planes, cars, trucks, ships/boats, and don't forget the bicycles.

[richielittlewood]

These MTU engineers are masters of their crafts. Precise precision and talented people .👍

[STEEPPOW]

I remember when the history channel played shows like this. Thank you WELT