Ben,
Get yourself a Gas turbine to play with, plenty of fun and work to be had with one. I’ve learnt a hell of alot while working on them and met alot of great people. There is always something to be done with them, I’ve tig’ed up stands and designed fuel systems for engines and had to solve numerous problems and that’s not to mention how much fun it is running them!! There is alot of satisfaction from running an engine properly too and not just wrecking it! Problem is I now have a great yearning to buy an old soviet jet! Check out this site to see the sort of things that can be done

http://jetpower.co.uk/

Matt

Go on Bruce spill the beans, do you think this is an 801 you are better acquainted with rather than white ones motor?
Matt

Hi Tom,
unfortunately with most german WWII manuals there aren’t any translations. It is possible to Translate using optical character recognition software and then google (which is getting better and better all the time) and a good dictionary, this can produce pretty good results.
Matt

Very nice, as Bruce says they are reasonably common, would love to see one running however and would like to restore one myself so if your looking to offload it 😉

There is a possibility Hafner has a manual for it if you have a search (it may be contained within the 262 manual), sorry if he doesnt!

http://www.luftfahrt-archiv-hafner.de/

All the best

Matt

Do they have systems for inverted flight?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zBEdcBvUQA&feature=watch_response

I would absolutely love to see one running, however this is a close as you can get to the real thing running today!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTsQxwWcqJI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8PF5DtX_Fg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STbXoOZFf0Q&feature=related

Great stuff Philip! Have you driven the Ket without the front wheel on, if yes how does that compare to driving it normally? Do people make repro panels and parts for them? What I’m wondering is in the future will it be possible to make a complete repro Ket or that just not going to be like a lot of german vehicles, yes you can build a shell with repro panels but without a donor with engine etc. your not going to be able to go anywhere!
Cheers
Matt