A nice and compact electric start turbo jet.
The Marbore II is a turbo jet engine used on the Fouga CM.170 aircraft, two engines are used as they aren’t particularly powerful units.
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After a trip of about two or so hours and I have ended up with two interesting engines at home, strapped down and clearly not going to fall off.
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One rear end of a Marbore II
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Side view of the Marbore II, with grease paper protecting the intake from FOD.
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Front end of the Marbore.
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Side view.
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In the foreground you can see the exhaust spike of the engine, interestingly this screws on to the rear bearing housing of the engine, such a fine thread over a large area.
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A nice feature of the engine is the electric start, electric makes starting such a simple procedure.
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