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the Atomiser for a check up and have taken this out of
focus picture. The Injector pattern now seems to be not
far from perfect and consequently I am very happy with
the spray. I hope this puts an end to the hot starts.
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The front support
has now been fabricated, and has 2 hinges to allow for
the extremely minimal expansion of the engine when hot.
To be honest it probably wasn't worth the effort, but
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The proper circuit
breaker has now been installed, but I may have to at some
point upgrade to a more substantial current capacity.
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The oil drain
plug has now been attached with a hydraulic pipe for easier
transfer. I have used Aeroshell 308 Turbine oil as a replacement
for the original lubricant specified, this was matched
by Silmid.
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This is my new
Digital Thermometer designed to work very precisely with
K Type Thermocouples. I made a reading of the GTP30 resting
temperature and compared it to the Thermocouple that was
supplied with the unit and there was only a few degrees
C between them. So I have now run the engine using the
new device and was very surprised to find that the exhaust
temp when running at 100% was only 260 Deg C or 500 F,
now that's cool!
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Pneumatic RPM
Sensor, EGT Thermocouple and a beautiful undamaged turbine
wheel, this is where you can tell the quality of the engineering
of the engine. |
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Not the best
job in the world I know, but this is a fuel trap
for the combustors drain valve, it just
saves the excess kerosene being squirting on to the floor.
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Assuming the hour meter is correct,
the engine has probably only just been broken in. |
