Journey through a jet engine

[NPloysa]

This is cool! Click on the picture "Take a journey through a jet engine" 2/3rds down the page!



http://www.rolls-royce.com/education/schools/default.jsp



This is cool too!



http://www.geae.com/education/theatre/genx/





Nick

 

[Sageair]

That was great, thanks for sharing!! Steve

 

[Cummins Pilot]

How about a journey through a radial engine.

 

[JApol]

I had the same question till now. Here it is

 

[Cummins Pilot]

I said radial, not rotary. But those are neat also.

 

[nickleinonen]

how stuff works.com : radial engine



the ge fdl diesel engines i have at work are setup like a radial, with master and articulating rods [like a harley engine i think too. . ]

 

[RustyJC]

how stuff works.com : radial engine



the ge fdl diesel engines i have at work are setup like a radial, with master and articulating rods [like a harley engine i think too. . ]

Harleys use a knife and fork rod arrangement - both rods ride on the crankpin journal.



The master/articulated rod arrangement is commonly used in Cooper-Bessemer engines, the Cooper-Bessemer FVBL vee-configuration Diesel engine being the ancestor of the modern GE locomotive engine. In this arrangement, unlike the Harley, the articulated rod pivots on an articulated rod pin located in the master rod, not on the crankshaft journal.



Rusty

 

[nickleinonen]

hmm. i didn't know the harley does the fork & blade [knife] arrangement. . emd 2 cycles do that too...

 

[Cummins Pilot]

Radial engines are a trip. Amazing that some guys way way back designed those things with a slide ruler. I make my living keeping those old engines flying. (we fly C-46s & DC-6s)

 

[DTroy]

Radial engines are a trip.

The Wasp engines are some of my favorites. Nice ...

 

[HEMI®Dart]

Nick,



Look how close the runway is to a beach in St. Martin?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NemEIFQgMVo&mode=related&search=

 

[nickleinonen]

Nick,



Look how close the runway is to a beach in St. Martin?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NemEIFQgMVo&mode=related&search=

:-laf:-laf that is pretty close to the beach. . those guys were almost hanging off the fence eh. . ?

 

[SGibson]

Saw a guy take a journey thru a TF-34 (S-3 motor). Happened on Indy during the iranian hostage ordeal,Then helped the VS squadron wrenches wash the motor out a few hrs. later, It left a lasting impression on me that never goes away.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

hmm. i didn't know the harley does the fork & blade [knife] arrangement. . emd 2 cycles do that too...

The Allison 1710 V-12 I saw go thundering by in a hydroplane today has this rod arrangement too. . . sure sounds good cranked up to 3000 horsepower: http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/Duxford/allison.htm