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Originally Posted by Tucson_Tim
Since it's a two-stroke, I wonder if it makes that "ra-na-na-na-na-na" noise.
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Just very slowly...
Years ago I got a tour of a natural gas pipeline pumping station which had engines (powered by the product, of course) which much have approached that size. I was standing next to a cylindrical object the size of a garbage can when the guide pointed out that it was a piston which had been removed in a previous overhaul. I hadn't recognized it because of the size.
I suppose the owners like single engine/single propeller designs for cost but if I was the captain I think I'd vote for some redundancy.