I've read casual references to the Deltic having maintenance problems.
Yes they were a pig to work on in confined spaces and were a high
maintenance engine. Chris
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Does anyone have any
knowledge of, or first hand experience with these engines?
We had
them powering trains in the 1960/70s, they were the most powerfull diesels engined
trains in the UK. They
were retired due to most of the main lines they ran on being electrofied. Good
engines that
The Napier Deltic was based on the Junkers Jumo aircraft diesel engine
developed before World War Two. The Jumo had one bank of 6 cylinders
and two crankshafts, so the Deltic was much more economical of crankshafts
and crankcases. Apparently Napier took out a licence from Junkers before
the war
Today while researching PT boats of WW2 and
their younger cousins, thePTF's of the 1960's, I came across a engine
called the Napier Deltic.
I was very intrigued with the idea of a
high speed 2 cycle diesel, that used opposed pistons.
http://www.ptfnasty.com/ptfDeltic.html
