Hi all, just a smal update. It has been quiet, but we are still beavering away in the back ground, slowly.
We have been busy overhauling the last of the reheat pipes, and overhauling the IPN starters for the engine. This involves splitting the starters down, inspecting the rotors/diffuser plates, cleaning them up and testing the atomisers on an atomiser test rig.
Below is a picture from Saturday. Our shiny new No1 Avon, with starter blanking plate fitted, then after a few hours work, with nice overhauled Plessey starter fitted. next to go on the engine will be the fuledrauic pump. The Brown paper, which appears to be stuffed in the compressor, is anti corrosion paper. Electrical rewiring will get under way in April, when 579’s crew get back from Stennis Mississippi, the Boscombe tub will divert us for a month or so. Without giving too much away. It looks like 579 could well end up under cover for good in the next 18-20 months or so. fingers crossed for her.
not a huge amount to report from this weekends activities. we continued to prepare n01 engine for fitting. The days focus was to fit the engine driven fueldraulic pump, pipework, and main air connections to the engine. The fuel pump fitment is an absolute pig of a job, but we got there after a few hours of cussing. We also tested the IPN starter ignition system, and it passed with flying colours. We did however find an unexpceted nasty with the oil sump, which means we are now looking for some avon 302c oil pan parts to rectify the problem. The engine itself is fortunately not affected, but it is an unexpected inconvenience.
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