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building the combustor Another update is in! Its been a busy week with quite a bit of new things to talk about. Work on the combustor has started. I have been in touch with Russ over at BadBros (www.badbros.net) and through a cross sponsorship deal, he has provided one of the new combustor kits for us to try out. In return, we provided a core component for a new engine that is in development. This kit is top notch, and I would highly recommend it to anyway looking for a quality build.
Here you can see all the parts that are provided. Two main combustion chamber flanges, a turbine flange, and two end caps. There are also some spacers and injector tubes provides, however, those are optional equipment. After a few days of searching, a local welding shop had the tube we were looking for on the combustor jacket which is 8" OD, .125 wall thickness. The tube is stainless steel, but will weld fine to the mild steel flanges.
Here is a close up of the combustor jacket. Again 8" OD, .125 wall thickness 14" long, but will be cut down to 12"
Here are two close up shots of the two end caps.
Up close shot of the turbine flange.
Here are the end rings with the nuts welded on. These flanges will then be welded to the combustor jacket. The end caps attach to these end rings using bolts. The nuts are tack welded on which will make them strong enough for bolt attachment, but easy to remove if one needs replaced.
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News: Work has now started on project Jet Kart! Click HERE to go check it out!
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