The Most Powerful Engine In The World

Engines! Who doesn’t love engines? They make the world go round! Sort of… literally. And the bigger the better, that’s what we say! These are the 20 biggest engines in the world!

[edmedlin]

I am a marine engineer and I operate and maintain big engines like Sulzer, MAN, B&W, GM, GE, Wartsila, Daihatsu, Waukesha, Enterprise, Fairbanks-Morse, you name it. Retired now, and I miss all that machinery and noise.

[Rick-veyp]

If it's electric, it's not an engine, it's a motor. An engine converts the chemical power of fuel into heat through combustion. An electric motor converts electrical energy to mechanical energy, usually by employing electromagnetic phenomena.

[mehere]

Wind turbines are not engines. Engines cause the rotation of the drive shaft rather than the motion of the drive shaft causing motion of the internal moving parts of the machinery ("engine").

[cdpond]

For those that don't know, here's a little tidbit of technical trivia associated with large mining trucks shown in the videos. The engines in those vehicles don't actually link via a transmission and drive shaft to the wheels. They're actually diesel engine generators that produce electricity, which in turn powers the motors in each of the wheel hubs. It's those electric motors that actually make the trucks move.

But I'm still confused about the conversation about the GE "engine" mounted on the wind turbines. That's not an engine, as it doesn't run to create power. It's a generator that produces electricity, not an engine.

It's gotta be hard producing videos that discuss topics that the video makers don't understand very well. This appears to be one of those types of videos.

[cphilippsen]

LOL, and scratch my head in awe, seeing that WARTSILA RT-FLEX96C and remember thinking, as a 17 year old, how much of an accomplishment it was to hook up the front exhaust pipe to the manifold on a mid 70s Austin Mini! I stand very

[justajo]

Kind of odd to call a wind turbine generator an engine. You do know the difference, don't you Scary Cherry?

[mortimerschnerd]

The 5 liter V8 that they described as naturally aspirated had twin turbochargers on it!

[ejazahmedabbasi]

I love your videos. Thanks and much appreciation

[oo-jd-oo]

I think it's more important that you do not want to be in front of a jet engine. being in the back might not be as big a deal. being in the front is going to make you be in the back really fast and in many pieces

[kenkappler]

A windmill generator is not an engine. DAH!!

[Hokay]

Wait… you have to bleep the word “War” ??? YouTube, wtf are you doing?

[forrestbaker]

I Was MOST Amazed with that one engine when I saw it that time. Thanks

[ExtremeMachinesZone]

If it’s electric, it’s called a motor, not an engine. An engine burns fuel to convert chemical energy into heat through combustion, while an electric motor turns electrical energy into mechanical energy, usually using electromagnetic principles.

[gerry]

What is wrong with saying World War II, and Japan in the same sentence?

[gunner]

Don't know how old this thread is but the current most powerful diesel engine is the MAN B&W 96C, with a bore of 960 mm, a stroke of 2.5 metres, a cylinder displacement of 25.7 metres-cubed for the inline 14-cylinder version, which produces 109, 000 hp at 110 rpm. The engine is used in very large containerships (think 'Emma Maersk).

[ludeawakening]

I honestly wouldn't have put the SHOCKWAVE jet truck on here. The truck had a malfunction and was destroyed in a crash last year. Chris Darnell who was driving it lost his life in the accident.

[TimberTitansUS]

I'm grateful for your video showcasing amazing machines! Which one is the most expensive in your collection?

[ricardoallen]

Major Campbell!!! He did 2 breaking records! SMART ASS, AND yes he did die on trial 3.
Prior to last at 140 MPH water and dealy 450 MPH land record and sadly gone.
Last , (oh wheels) 1997! The blue bird 2 ! Fully steel wheels at 700 MPH record. And still..
Ty. Missed information page/bud

[dundonrl]

You missed the most powerful "engine" there is.. the GE Harriet 9HA.02, which by itself generates 765, 723 hp! When you use it as a combined cycle generator (using the exhaust to boil water that spins a steam turbine) it generates 1, 123, 777 hp!!

[GG-yrix]

B-50 did not fly in WWII, the B-29 did which is what the B-50 came from. B-29 had R-3350s and they were problematic during the war.