Full steam ahead: Speed freak grandfather breaks speed record on powered by superheated water

[MCN]

A Yorkshire grandfather has smashed the world land speed record for a steam powered motorcycle, using a bike he built in his shed. Graham Sykes, 60, has nine grandchildren and accomplished the feat...

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[Ishrub]

Bigger and better and faster still!

How a steam-powered moto became the second-fastest bike in the world

For most people, it’s hard to fathom what true speed on a motorcycle actually feels like. Even most riders have never experienced velocities that might make them question their place in the world.

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Which is why it’s almost impossible to imagine what it’s like to sit atop a steam-powered motorcycle that covers a quarter mile in just 5.503 seconds at 192.94 mph (310.5 km/h). That’s second only to Eric Teboul’shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL1vUzeelTA (rocket motorcycle at 4.97 seconds), edging out Larry McBride’s wheel-driven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYfw4SGnnvc (Top Fuel Motorcycle) by just three thousandths of a second...........Over the eighth of a mile, the bike hit 209.93 mph (337.8 km/h) in 3.258 seconds, and reached 203.36 mph (327.2 km/h) at the 1,000-ft mark in 4.388 seconds. All of this unfolded at the Festival of Power at Santa Pod in the UK

 

[atomsplitter]

That may sound like a lot of temperature and pressure, but pales in comparison to what's going on in a nuclear reactor. The Westinghouse Pressurized Water Reactor I operated for years ran at a top temp of 660F and 2235 PSIG and had about 30 degrees of subcooling. It converted 32,000 gallons of water into steam every minute at 960 PSIG at full power and did that for 18 months nonstop before refueling.

 

[Ishrub]

That may sound like a lot of temperature and pressure, but pales in comparison to what's going on in a nuclear reactor. The Westinghouse Pressurized Water Reactor I operated for years ran at a top temp of 660F and 2235 PSIG and had about 30 degrees of subcooling. It converted 32,000 gallons of water into steam every minute at 960 PSIG at full power and did that for 18 months nonstop before refueling.

Yeah but what was it's time for the the quarter?

 

[atomsplitter]

Yeah but what was it's time for the the quarter?

Same as yours and mine, 3 months............