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Olympus test bed

Postby Mackrick » Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:54 pm

An Olympus running all be it not installed in an aircraft.
(Thanks for the link CJ)

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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Dan4th » Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:06 pm

WOW, Mackrick, WOW!

So, this is the Industrial Olympus used to
generate electricity -- a test run following
overhaul....

Too bad CAA won't allow a similar thing for
558's engines...

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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Jigsaw » Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:12 pm

Subloodyperb :D
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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Nickolas » Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:27 pm

http://www.maddexturbines.com/index.php ... &Itemid=68

Go and looooooooooook!!

Shame its industrials only, not aero applications. :(( :((
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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Dan4th » Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:48 pm

Located in BC Canada, too!

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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Spitfire » Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:22 pm

Now here's an Olympus test bed for you \:D/ \:D/

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Saw this live at Farnborough when I was 14 :D :p
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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Xplumberlives » Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:43 pm

My dad told me about it! =))
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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Saracenman » Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:24 pm

loving the static Olympus Mackrick - thanks! \:D/ :D

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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Nickolas » Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:56 am

Don't you all agree, the Olympus looks more 'at home' nestled in the wing root of a Vulcan rather than hanging in some sort of S&M framework?? (Not that I know ANYTHING about S&M before you lot start).
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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Dan4th » Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:21 am

That's alright, Nick, we generally go to
RLN for THAT sort of information.....

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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Saracenman » Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:06 pm

=)) touché Danf!

he IS, after all, our resident expert on such matters =))
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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Crew chief » Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:08 pm

Spitfire wrote:Now here's an Olympus test bed for you \:D/ \:D/

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Saw this live at Farnborough when I was 14 :D :p

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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Hungry Haggis » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:40 pm

Crew chief wrote:
Spitfire wrote:Now here's an Olympus test bed for you \:D/ \:D/

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Saw this live at Farnborough when I was 14 :D :p

Hi all.

903's cockpit is at the WAG museum at Wellesbourne and is open to the public on Sundays.


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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Saracenman » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:41 pm

what's the story behind what HH? :-?
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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Hungry Haggis » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:44 pm

Saracenman wrote:what's the story behind what HH? :-?



In the pic under port wing XA803 while th eothers show 903 Was a friend spotted it even blowing it up large it still shows as 803 ~x(
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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Mayfly » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:00 pm

Dan4th wrote:That's alright, Nick, we generally go to
RLN for THAT sort of information.....

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HH I'm sure it say 903 its just the angle makes it look like an 8
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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Saracenman » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:03 pm

yeah, i agree - XA809 was a Javelin FAW2, d/d 26/07/1957, s.o.c. 02/05/1961as CAT 5C at Odiham and scrapped
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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Mackrick » Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:17 pm

If you look at this photo the number is correct

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Not sure if its just a shadow that makes the 9 look like an 8.
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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Xplumberlives » Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:19 pm

Mackrick wrote:If you look at this photo the number is correct
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Not sure if its just a shadow that makes the 9 look like an 8.



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Re: Olympus test bed

Postby Hungry Haggis » Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:37 pm

I sort of guessed it was correct anyway but thanks guys He's of home now spluttering like an overcooked chicken he was being rather insistant it was wrong ,Just Showed him the pic above to kill that argument =)) =)) .
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