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Yeah, marine boat engines (gas outboards -- NOT auxilliary diesels!) are designed to run close to full-throttle ~all the time.
by chrisweekly 3y ago
Yeah, marine boat engines (gas outboards -- NOT auxilliary diesels!) are designed to run close to full-throttle ~all the time.
- wkat4242 3y agoHuh I didn't know that. I guess cooling is simple there considering they can just ingest cool water and expel it without having a radiator. I don't know much about boats. It sounds easier than on piston planes even. They run pretty hot when running flat-out while parked, like during a run-up test. We were always told to only do it for 30 seconds or so. They generally use air cooling and despite the huge "fan" on the front it struggles in this scenario. When you're doing 100 knots it's less of a problem.