QUOTE: Originally posted by Overmod I didn't think there was anything 'magical' about EMD's mechanical drive, only that it eliminated the problem with turbo spoolup at low engine power. Think of the fun Alco could have avoided with a drive and sprag clutch to the 244's turbo wheel... I enjoy the smoke show as much as anybody, but all that soot could have been horsepower. And now the EPA is watching...
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
USAF TSgt C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flying Crew Chief & Flightline Avionics Craftsman
Quentin
QUOTE: Originally posted by Overmod and in part because even the earliest reference cited uses the word "turbocharger" explicitly to refer to what's being done, in the early 1950s.
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