For the record, the video showing the engine start is of a Wartsila 6L64 which in fact is a 4 stroke engine, not a 2 stroke. The camera is focused on the fuel rack, which is what controls the fuel pumps. (that engine has two fuel pumps per cylinder) There are no rotating parts on that part of the engine, although if one put a finger wrong when the rack was actuated (by the governor) one's finger could get crunched. You can see the rack being moved during the starting sequence. It is actually limited in movement during a start sequence to limit smoke production.

Regarding the other link showing the RTA96C engine on the Maersk ship(s), although the photo of the whole engine is in fact a 96C type, the other engine photos of the bedplate with crank, pistons, etc. are not from a 96C. Not that it matters much, because in principle they look very similar.

Rgds from one who knows,
Allgonquin

Allgonquin wrote in
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Not that it matters much, because in principle they
look very similar.



Thanks. Maybe someone on Emma will carry the video cam into the engineroom
for us, soon. I, for one, would love to hear her crank and power Emma out
to sea.