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going to use for the Go-Kart project is the Plessey Dynamics
Solent 'Gas Turbine Starter' or GTS. These were used for
the starting of the Rolls Royce Spey engines on the British
F4 Phantom Fighter Aircraft. They have in recent years
become extremely popular for projects like this as with
the gearbox attached they can produce up to 70 SHP, Pretty
good for its size.
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This is pretty
much how the Solent was when it was delivered. As you
can see the Free Turbine has already been removed, with
the idea of making this Solent a small but powerful Turbo
Jet Engine. The engine came from a genuine Rolls Royce
Engineer who also collects Large Gas Turbine Engines.
An active link to his website (terrafirmajets.co.uk) can
be found on the links page of this Website.
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| Left hand view
of the engine with the fuel pump shown on the upper left
hand side of the picture. A mounting frame is the first
job so that it can be worked on with out getting damaged.
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Right hand view
of the engine showing the Igniter box upper right of the
picture and the 60 second one shot oil system which can
also be seen centre bottom, this will at some point be
converted to a electronic oil feed for continuous operation.
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| Front view of
the compressor wheel looking over the Igniter box. The
starter and fuel pump connection coupling (in gold) can
be clearly seen in the centre.
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Another view of
the compressor wheel, but this time from the right hand
side. The R2D2 box at the bottom is the starter solenoid. |
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Close up view
of the electrical buss connector, the Igniter plug, back
of the oil feed system and fuel supply fitting.
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What a beauty!
The turbine wheel is truly fantastic piece of engineering.
I will have to make a substantial exhaust nozzle to do
the Solent justice. |
