The largest engines in the world - from one “horse” to 2 million

Modern engines are powerful and beautiful, and are not at all like their “ancestors”. What did they look like? After all, many of them have retained their functionality to this day - it would be interesting to start up such a hundred-year-old engine, watch and listen to how it chugs. It is precisely these units that, as if nothing had happened, start and spin, were shown on the tophype channel. The first in line is the “miniature” Benz Motorwagen of the 1885 model with a volume of 954 “cubes” and a power of less than 1 liter. With.


How was it launched? Difficult. It was necessary to spin the flywheel located at the back with your hands. But engines were produced not only for cars. In the 1920s, they were used in stationary agricultural machines, sawmills, and mills. Such units in appearance resembled large furnaces, the size of which became increasingly larger. To this day you can find working “exhibits” that were saved by enthusiasts. What about today? The largest piston engine from Finland develops 109 thousand “horses” and is installed on container ships. But it was also “outdone” by the turbine giant 1750 MWE Arabel, producing more than 2 million hp. With.

The craving for gigantism was also inherent in early automakers: in 1911, the Fiat 300 engine was created specifically for record-breaking cars - the figure showed incredible power for that time. What other (then and now) largest engines were made for other types of transport - airplanes, trains, rockets? Watch the video!