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โNov-27-2021 09:23 AM
Me Again wrote:larry cad wrote:
I was "next door", a few years later (from the date on your photo.)
Fun times, huh?
When I arrived around the 2nd or 3rd of July 1966 there were:
200 AF Redhorse Construction guys building the runway
50 US Army
4 Marines
12 USCG Electric Techs, a W4 XO and LT CO as a construction detachment.
I rotated out on June 2nd 1967 and there were:
7,000 USAF
5,000 US Army
28 USCG
and the same 4 Marines and are probably still there!!!! They had huts down on the beach in Sattahip, with Thai ladies to clean, cook and provide for their needs.
โNov-27-2021 03:17 AM
larry cad wrote:
I was "next door", a few years later (from the date on your photo.)
Fun times, huh?
โNov-26-2021 11:11 AM
Me Again wrote:larry cad wrote:
Sometime later!
Description
English: A KC-135A taking off with water injection to its J-57 engines
Date 30 September 2013, 15:35:08
Source USAF photo
Author USAF Photographer
This picture is from the top of our 625' tower looking over at U-Tapao. Between the B-52s and KC-135, and a war, we thought at times our buildings would fall down.
โNov-26-2021 04:45 AM
larry cad wrote:
Sometime later!
Description
English: A KC-135A taking off with water injection to its J-57 engines
Date 30 September 2013, 15:35:08
Source USAF photo
Author USAF Photographer
โNov-23-2021 05:11 AM
โNov-23-2021 03:55 AM
Me Again wrote:larry cad wrote:notsobigjoe wrote:
I've never heard of this type of conversion. When I lived in upstate NY a friend of mine ran something on his snow plow truck that injected water into the fuel, I don't know anything about what happened but I remember him showing me. I find this stuff interesting not as the effect that the user intends "whatever that may be" but just the scientific inventing end of it. I thought it was interesting and am passing it along for comments.
https://www.truckcampermagazine.com/camper-tech/misadventures-in-grease-camping/
B-52s and other military aircraft have been using water injection into their "diesel" engines for years. Here is a KC-135 with "wet" takeoff
Was that at U-Tapao in Thailand? I was 4 miles off the end of the runway and 3 miles to the side. I was part of the construction crew that build and man'd the Loran C Station the USCG built there in the summer of 1966.
โNov-22-2021 04:29 PM
โNov-22-2021 04:13 PM
larry cad wrote:notsobigjoe wrote:
I've never heard of this type of conversion. When I lived in upstate NY a friend of mine ran something on his snow plow truck that injected water into the fuel, I don't know anything about what happened but I remember him showing me. I find this stuff interesting not as the effect that the user intends "whatever that may be" but just the scientific inventing end of it. I thought it was interesting and am passing it along for comments.
https://www.truckcampermagazine.com/camper-tech/misadventures-in-grease-camping/
B-52s and other military aircraft have been using water injection into their "diesel" engines for years. Here is a KC-135 with "wet" takeoff
โNov-22-2021 01:54 PM
notsobigjoe wrote:
I've never heard of this type of conversion. When I lived in upstate NY a friend of mine ran something on his snow plow truck that injected water into the fuel, I don't know anything about what happened but I remember him showing me. I find this stuff interesting not as the effect that the user intends "whatever that may be" but just the scientific inventing end of it. I thought it was interesting and am passing it along for comments.
https://www.truckcampermagazine.com/camper-tech/misadventures-in-grease-camping/
โNov-22-2021 01:21 PM
โNov-22-2021 08:23 AM
ajriding wrote:
Injecting water vapor or even water mist into the air (the main fuel for combustion engines) will help give the cylinder a more even burn. The water (mist or vapor) turns to steam and helps spread the gasoline molecules more evenly inside the cylinder, so when the combustion happens the fuel is ignited all inside the space instead of just concentrated in one area. This gives a more complete burn and does provide a little extra power.
It uses a lot of water and is a big hassle, so most found it was not worth the time.
The downside is that water could find its way into the crank case and that is a bad thing.
The upside is that it steam cleans the pistons and cylinder head pretty good.
I had a throttle body injector on my first truck and before an oil change I would use a spray bottle to spray a water mist into the air intake (looked like a carb pretty much) until the engine loped. It took a lot of spraying to make the engine care. I did this for the steam cleaning effect. Old mechanics used to do this. I changed the oil right after so was not too worried about water, and if any small amount did get in the crank case it would evaporate pretty quick on the next drive.
With my fuel injected truck now I do not do this as there is no way to easily spray water in without going past sensors and the intake tube is long. Not that it is a big deal as you suck moist air in the rain anyway. Just too much trouble to get the spray very close to the cylinder for me to bother with.
I did not do this on the diesel, but it would have the same effect.