Rolls Royce Olympus Engine Porn

[wigit]

thought i'd take a pics at work today of Oxford University's Rolls Royce Olympus Engine for the Vulcan and Concorde fans out there  









some days i love my job  

[Hedge]

  

Don't show Hurdy he will be wanting one. 

[vRStu]

I've changed a few of those in my time, not quite the same as that though - The TM3B 

For some obscure reason I always remember being taught to remember the sequence of bearing races inside 

[DaveB@Vagbremtechnic]

Love those ol engines...noisy as hell bet if you chucked somem fuel in it it'd start up....not like nowadays....."Computer Say's Nooooohhh"

[Hedge]

With a tail wind and clear skies I should be seeing some of them in the air this weekend. 

[Moschops]

Now this is Rolls Royce Olympus porn...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BAC-TSR2-RAF-Aircraft-Olympus-320-Jet-Engine-TSR-2-/130419227778?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3

OFFERS Now being taken on this:




Monumental Piece of Aviation Heritage!

 

Bristol Siddeley Olympus 22R Mk.320 Jet Engine

Serial Number 1 !!

 

This Engine is ‘THE’ Prototype engine for the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC)

TSR-2 Aircraft

 

For anyone with knowledge of British Aviation History or the TSR2 story this item will need no description or explanation. The mere words ‘Olympus 320’ or ‘TSR2’ make this the item the stuff of legend's. This engine representing the pinnacle of the British Aviation Industry and the

Bristol Siddeley / BAC quest to build the:

Tactical Strike and Reconnaissance, Mach 2 Aircraft (TSR-2)

 

A few facts to consider:

-This is engine number ONE !

-This example is the only privately owned Olympus 320 engine in the world. Other later examples are preserved in large accredited / registered charity museums in the UK but they are unlikely to ever go on sale.

 -There are no known TSR2 Olympus 320 engines outside the UK.   

 

 

The TSR2 program was the BAC and Royal Air Force venture to build the ultimate MACH 2 Tactical strike and Recognisance aircraft. The aircraft design and development was way ahead of its time and was considered to be the most advanced and capable military aircraft of it time prior to the cancellation of the project on the 6th April 1965. The newly elected labour government of the day deemed the project to be too expensive with projected costs of £1700 Million over 15 years and cancelled the project with immediate effect.Only one prototype aircraft had got to the test flight stage when all aircraft, engines, blueprints and tooling were ordered destroyed to prevent this state of the art technology getting into enemy hands. Miraculously two completed but un-flown aircraft survived and are now preserved with one example in the RAF museum at Cosford and the other at the Duxford imperial war museum. The fact that this, the prototype engine also survived having been sold off for scrap is somewhat of a miracle!

This engine was found tucked away on a farm in Southern England and is quite possibly the aviation Barn Find of the decade. It was originally bought for scrap but it’s owner had the foresight to keep and preserve it for generations to come. The engine has just undergone an 18 month restoration and is now ready to display as the ultimate museum exhibit Jet Engine.

 

The engine is still in its original engine jig. A converted RAF bomb trolley has been used to sit the engine and jig on to allow the engine to be moved and displayed.

The restoration involved around 1000 hours of preservation work. The Bulk of the engine is made from high grade metals: Nickel, stainless steel and titanium which have been incredibly resistant to corrosion. The stunning mirror polished front compressor fan designed to withstand sustained MACH 2 air flow looks as good today as it did when it left the factory. The engine also spins smoothly and freely as it did the day it was built.

As the engine has sat outside at some point over the last 45 years there was some corrosion to the top section of the magnesium case assembly. The top section of case was removed during the restoration with all traces of corrosion removed, treated and then repainted.  Some pitting marks remain on this section of the engine as can be seen around the picture showing the data plate. When the top case of the engine was removed it allowed access for inspection into the core which proved to be in remarkably good order considering it has spent time outside. A picture with the top compressor housing removed has been added to the gallery.

 

Data Plate Reads:

Bristol Siddeley Olympus

Mk: OL320

SERIAL: OL2201 (Olympus type 22 number 01)

AM Number: A666160

 


Some history for this engine has been kindly supplied by Damien Burke of the Thunder and Lightnings website. Damien managed to gain access to the
 
 
Bristol Siddeley Engines Limited  Final report on Olympus 22 development Program.
 
 
 A brief history for this engine is below:
 
 
 First Run March 1961


 Catastrophic failure 1/9/62 after 73 hours and 38 mins as HP thrust bearing overloaded.


Further catastrophic failure 21/3/63 after 47 hours and 1 min (since rebuild), fatigue fracture of G.64 first stage turbine rotor blade.


As of August 1964 had been rebuilt once more and was being used to investigate LP shaft excitation.


At TSR2 project cancellation had been rebuilt again and was ready to run, possibly to be used in anti-icing correlation programme.





We appreciate the asking price for this item is considerable and as such any parties interested in acquiring this piece are asked to contact us to negotiate a sale. Any serious offers will be considered. This engine is irreplaceable and unique.  After careful consideration and discussions with insurance companies and aviation experts Valuation has been based on what a museum spec Concorde Olympus 593 engine (of which there are 200+ in circulation and on display around the world) is worth in today’s market.  One example is currently for sale with a price tag of £1.35 Million is being marketed as the ultimate piece of Concorde memorabilia. This 320 engine is rarer than any Concorde engine! The development of the Olympus 320 engine led to many advances in jet engine technology and formed the basis for the Concorde Olympus 593 engine program which started in 1964. There will only ever be one Olympus 320 engine for sale, this one, serial number 1 which makes our price tag seem fairly accurate for what has to be one of the rarest and most historically important privately owned jet engine in the world.

 

 

 

[vRStu]

Love those ol engines...noisy as hell bet if you chucked somem fuel in it it'd start up....not like nowadays....."Computer Say's Nooooohhh"

The way we run them they do have complicated and very, very out of date control systems which are 99% of the time the cause of any issues.

I'm currently running a RR Spey SM1C which has 'significant' blade damage in the HP turbine.  Up until recently it was better than the undamaged one that sits beside it!!!  When you look at the pictures you'd think oh my god, how an earth does that thing run at all    Sadly, I think her days are numbered now. 

[vRStu]

 

Don't show Hurdy he will be wanting one. 

This made me chuckle - Anyone remember the Miles Rover Gas Turbine?? 

[Hurdy]

 

Don't show Hurdy he will be wanting one. 

This made me chuckle - Anyone remember the Miles Rover Gas Turbine?? 

 

I did wonder if it would fit in a dragster and what the 0-100 would be like 


OMG though, there are some trainspotter like people on here, I didn't realise......Hedge excepted as I already knew he was "plane crazy" 

[Moschops]

 

Don't show Hurdy he will be wanting one. 

This made me chuckle - Anyone remember the Miles Rover Gas Turbine?? 

 

I did wonder if it would fit in a dragster and what the 0-100 would be like 


OMG though, there are some Planetrainspotter like people on here, I didn't realise......Hedge excepted as I already knew he was "plane crazy" 

[Hedge]

In its heyday it would do 0-120mph in 4 seconds.

So the commentator says from 2:25 onwards

[vRStu]

Pfffffft Planes my @rse 

Rover Jet 1

This was the world's first gas-turbine motor car, designed and built by the Rover Company Ltd, UK. This prototype is a standard Rover 75 saloon converted to an open-topped two-seater motor car that ran on gas rather than petrol. Neither the conventional clutch or gearbox were used, and a reverse gear was fitted. The engine unit is a two-shaft Rover T8 gas turbine, which develops 200 hp at 40,000 compresor revolutions per minute (rpm). Fuel consumption was very high at only four miles to the gallon.

In the 1950s Rover was regarded as the staid wheels of the well-heeled. They went about life in their own snooty way, and you would hardly have guessed the company had a tiger by the tail.

It was called JET 1 and was the first gas turbine-powered car.

During the late stages of the Second World War, Rover had been intended as the main producer of the new Whittle jet engine for aircraft while Rolls-Royce was working flat-out on Merlin and Griffon piston engines.

But development work soon turned to a small gas turbine suitable for powering a motor car. Work began in 1946, and the finished vehicle was unveiled in 1950.

In 1952 JET 1 was fitted with an upgraded engine and achieved a world record speed for gas turbine cars of 152mph. When JET 1 was launched, the gas turbine `jet' engine was seen as a symbol of modernity and of British technical prowess.

Many viewed it as the power source of the future but shortcomings began to surface such as massive fuel consumption and slowness to respond to the throttle.

Poor old JET 1 was deemed an unsuitable father for a future power source and was put out to grass.

Rover nonetheless persevered and continued to develop gas turbine car designs until 1965.

But for small-scale applications the gas turbine has proved, up to now, too costly and the problems of control and fuel economy still exist.

JET 1 was built with the engine positioned behind the seats with air intake grilles on either side of the car and exhaust outlets on the top of the tail. During tests, the RAC recorded an acceleration speed of 0-60mph in a rather leisurely 14 seconds.

JET 1 ran on petrol, paraffin or diesel oil, but consumption was sky high at five to seven miles a gallon.

Rover and the BRM Formula 1 team joined forces to produce a gas turbine powered coupe, which entered the 1963 LeMans 24-hour race, driven by Graham Hill and Richie Ginther. It averaged 107.8mph (173km) and had a top speed of 142mph (229km).

However, it proved difficult to build an engine small enough to fit in a car, which was also fuel efficient, so the gas turbine-powered car was never going to be a viable alternative to the combustion engine.

[vRStu]

Also it might surprise you to know those engines are still in use today.  I have carried out the 'operation' in the video more times than I care to remember and I can assure you tiring is an understatement!!

Beware the hot starts -

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[DaveB@Vagbremtechnic]

In its heyday it would do 0-120mph in 4 seconds.

My company vehicle does that most days and two miles a minute - VERTICALLY 

[Hedge]

In its heyday it would do 0-120mph in 4 seconds.

My company vehicle does that most days and two miles a minute - VERTICALLY 

I bet its not 50 though