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Re: NR locos

Subject: Re: NR locos
From: Rob Kearey <robk@powerup.com.au>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 16:31:05 +1000
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Ben Armstrong wrote:

> Just to clarify- is the HP in an NR limited by changing the maximum
> notch that the engine revs to, or some other means?

It's an interesting topic. I suspect that's what they do, though they
might also be lowering turbo boost and injector timing as well (that
would be the elegant way).

> I thought that the variable horsepower control would have worked by
> changing the maximum amount of fuel the governor could let the engine
> use in each notch.

Or that too.

> Ben Armstrong                                         /

Rob K

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