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This project was sent to me from Kent Missons in Ontario Canada. Kent writes: “Three of us worked on this project, our names our Ryan Miskie, Mike Galloway and I, Kent Missons. My friend Ryan suggested a turbojet project because of his previous experience working with Pratt & Whitney which makes jet engines. We started doing research and found Don's website. We looked into his engines because they were well documented. Being students we had many financial issues to consider, so we tried to do things as cheaply as possible.
We ended up getting our turbo for free from a Diesel repair shop. This turbo was in premium shape for coming off of a Dodge Cummins engine. We were also able to get our oil pump for free. It was a furnace forced air fuel pump. For the design of our combustion chamber we were going to go with a 12" long and 6" Dia tube lying around our school shop, but decided it would not fit our design. We had to custom build our own square combustion chamber, and our flame tube would also be designed differently.
Normally the flame tube is attached at the injector end, but we attached ours at the turbo end. Our turbo was massive so it needed large amounts of air. Our original air hole pattern in the flame tube was not sufficient so we drilled some more. After doing this our Engine ran nicely. Now we did not get our engine to run as long as Don's does, but it was enough for the teacher and us to be very satisfied. All 3 of us attend Sheridan College in Brampton Ontario, Canada. We are in our 3rd year of Mechanical Engineering Design and Drafting Technology.”
Thanks Kent for sending me these photos of your groups engine! Don G.
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