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A look at the main thrust bearing in a large turbojet engine. The first part of the installation.

A cameo appearance by Shop Kitty..

Looking at some of the major components that handle the airflow as it is processed by turbine engine.

Some are from a damaged engine we've taken a...

Building the compressor rotor for an LM1500 industrial turbine engine.

Running the air-control system of an industrial jet engine through a checkout in the S&S Turbines shop in Jet City, Canada. Featuring Byron Westgat...

A pair of pliers that may not seem too useful at first, but they are like a mini vise. We use them for turbine engine sevice all the time. Here the...

Testing a J79-based core destined for one of Jim Neilson's jet cars, this one a land speed record attempt.

This was a good day, and a successful te...

GE LM1500 test at S&S Turbines outdoor test cell on a snowy day.

Electron Bill keeps an eye on the intake, looking for any ice formation.

Byron run...

The second of a pair of LM1500s tested at the S&S Turbines outdoor test cell in Fort St John, BC.

More detail footage of the VSV / VIGV actuation.

Caterpillar industrial turbine engine test at S&S Turbines outdoor test cell in FSJ, BC Canada.

Dual air vane motor starters.

Free power turbine.

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A J79 engine has been repaired, and now needs to be tested.

This is the test day footage of it passing the test.

Quick run up to check instrumentation, and then a shutdown of a Rolls Royce Avon at the S&S turbines outdoor test cell in Fort St John, BC.

We cou...

Moto Steve, the naked motocrosser, and Mr Bill, the electron wrangler, bet their fellas on who is going to finish their propane conversion first.

H...

For you gearheads, here are the highlights of a test run of an industrial Rolls Royce Spey at the S&S Turbines outdoor test cell in Fort St John, B...

Fuel connection and start up of a Rolls Royce Avon 1534, an industrial derivative of the engines used in English Electric Lightning. a supersonic i...

A huge turbojet engine at idle, and Massih has to walk into the exhaust stream until it gets too much.

Hey, it's all about the safety!

Safen up, ...

Fast forward to 5:20

J79 engine from an F-104 Starfighter on S&S Turbines test stand. We watch from behind as the afterburner lights three times. ...

My coworker nearly burns his hand by sticking it behind a running Jet engine.

This is Rolls Royce Olympus, rated at over 40,000 Hp, but it is just...

Марс, Красная планета, издавна волновала землян. Продолжает она будоражить умы и сегодня. Многие ученые считают, что вода и кислород, которые в мал...

An Orenda Type 14 engine at S&S Turbines in Fort St John, BC.

Running on diesel fuel and started with its on-board electric starter, this engine ma...

Rolls Royce Avon at S&S Turbines test cell in Fort St John, BC.

The aero version of this engine was used to power the English Electric Lightning, ...

Second start of the Olympus at S&S Turbines in Fort St John, BC, Canada.

Sequence: starter - ignitors - fuel.

Fuel before ignitors equals explosi...

Test run: Rolls Royce Olympus at S&S Turbines open-air test cell.

One of the largest turbojet engines, about 40 thousand Hp in the industrial versi...

On the 15th October 1997 Thrust SSC became the first land vehicle to break the sound barrier. Piloted by Wing Commander Andy Green of the RAF, an a...

GE LM2500 turbine engine at the S&S Turbines test cell in Fort St John, BC.

This is an industrial version of the CF-6, which powered the DC-10 and...

J79 with afterburner at the S&S Turbines open-air test cell in Ft. St. John B.C.

Taken from a Kfir fighter, after it had suffered damage.

The com...

Orenda turbojet, predecessor to the Iroquois, built to power the Avro Arrow.

The Orenda was designed and built in Canada to power the Avro CF-100 ...

This is more film of the GE LM1500 gas turbine engine running at the S&S Turbines open-air test cell.

All the noise in the beginning is made by th...

This is an animation of a duel spool, high bypass turbofan commercial jet engine.

http://www.rendermedia.co.uk This sequence was Broadcast on the History Channel UK Documentary Whittle the Jet Pioneer by UK Based based CGI Anima...

Start-up of a GE LM1500 at the S&S Turbines test cell.

This is an industrial version of the J-79 turbojet, which powers the F-104 Starfighter and t...

Please go here: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

for a better view of this engine.

A look at the second, inner layer of the combustor liners in a J79 jet engine, and how the afterburner is similarly constructed.

I didn't explain a...

We reassemble an axial flow air turbine starter, looking closely at the planetary gear reduction section.

If you hated shop class, you'll have the ...

Bearing types and locations in a modern twin spool turbofan engine are examined in the shop, test cell, and on the whiteboard. This is a response t...

A story about the connection that grows between two people during the battle for city 17. Made in the same gritty guerrilla style as the original, ...

Additional Thanks:

Eriq Richardson

Chris Haynes

Tom Pena

Michelle McGee

Gilbert Lattouf

Tamara Bruketta

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We've got a 50's fighter jet engine in the shop, so let's have a look at it.

This engine was among the first to mount the powered accessories on th...

This is my favorite 4min selection of a larger work by Ralph Steiner. The original was silent, and the DVD had it set to classical music. I have ...

http://www.InsaneHydraulics... presents video of a fixed displacement bent-axis type hydraulic motor. If you are into hydraulic pumps and motors,...

We disassemble a fuel pump from an Orenda type14 turbojet, which is the engine from a Canadair Sabre 6.

Also welcoming the students of SC TAC, sect...

Мало кто знает, что солнечная энергетика пришла на Землю из космоса. Более полувека фотоэлементы из кремния верой и правдой служат космонавтике. Но...

Тридцать лет назад советские ученые провели необычный эксперимент: установили микрофон на межпланетном аппарате «Венера-14», чтобы записать звуки У...

Rolls Royce Spey industrial gas turbine in the S&S outdoor test cell.

After being completely rebuilt, this engine is being tuned for operation of t...

A step by step description of the process of upgrading one of the mechanisms in a bleed valve from a Rolls Royce Avon.

Jet fuel nozzles, ignitors, combustors, fuel lines, a look inside the combustor of a real turbojet engine, and I try to explain how it all works.

Looking into the intake of a 50s fighter jet engine, and a little talk about why electric starters were the way then, but not now.

This engine is ...

You are there... This is what it's like starting, running, and testing a GE LM1500 industrial turbine engine. And most of all, running the cameras ...