Welcome to the JATO Forum!!!

[pitciblackscotland]

Hi everyone, firstly thanks to the JATO staff for setting this site up. I hope your site will grow in the years to come. I am also a member of DIY.

[turborico]

Hi everyone! My name is Rico, and I have had a life-long obsession with tinkering. A turbocharger based gas turbine has been on the to-do list for a long time, so I've decided to get on with it.

My professional experience with gas turbines is based on 8 years of engine maintenance in the US Air Force. I've had the pleasure of working on the C-130, with it's Rolls-Royce T-56 (both -15 and -7 series), and more recently the KC-135R, outfitted with the F-108 (AKA CFM56-2b). There's also been some involvement with the APU's for both aircraft along the way.

[racket]

Hi Rico

Welcome :-) ..........you'll enjoy yourself tinkering with a DIY turbine , theres no end of possibilities .

Cheers
John

[jeta747]

Hi Guys,

I'm new to this forum but not to turbine engines.

My name is Justin and I live in South Wales, UK. I collect, restore and run jet turbine engines. Have built a DIY turbocharger jet turbine but now have moved onto bigger projects. Currently have the following in my collection RR Nimbus, RR Viper 535, Walter M701 and RR RB211-22B.
There's alot more info on my website: www.jetpropulsion.co.uk

I am a medical doctor by profession and all my engineering is self taught and very much DIY!!

Very pleased to see this forum as there's not much out there for the likes of us.

[Johansson]

Welcome Justin! Make yourself at home.

It would be interesting to see a project thread about your DIY engine.

[racket]

Hi Justin

Welcome aboard .................been checking out your site and vid .......nice :-)

Cheers
John

[jeta747]

Thanks John

Certainly will let everyone know when I get that big RB211 up and running!

Justin

[dhaheri77]

Hi all
My name is Mubarak Al Dhaheri from United Arab Emirates , age 33 , and my background is in Mechanical and Instrumentation. I’m a mechanical engineer
I just finish building my first Turbo Jet Engine last month with a group of my friends, all of us share the same interest about Jet Engines.

Keep up the good work

[racket]

Hi

Welcome :-)

Nice to hear that there are some DIY turbine builders in UAE , hope you find the Group informative .

Cheers
John

[ernie wrenn]

Hi Bubarak

Thanks for joining the group all info is appreciated. Any interesting turbine engines laying around not being appreciated?

J-34/ j-85 /j-60's or their civilization counterparts also looking for a adjustable AB tail section for my Hearse.

Also looking for a thrust reverser assembly that fits a 18" tail pipe.

Now.... go shopping and build something....

ernie

[stoffe64]

I always forget to introduce myself!
my name is stephan höglund,i am 47 years now,married with my lovely Anna from lithuania, we have 2 daughters, Aina which is 4 years and Alice which is 2 years old.
i work in the swedish armed forces as a mechanic.
my interests are ofcourse my family AND a huge interest to our hobby, turbine engines and especially the turbojet engine....thats why i started with that garrett TV61 turbo a couple of years back.....im still not finished with it but one day it will make that nice compressor noise

[racket]

Hi Stephan

Sounds like you've got life running sweetly :-)

Cheers
John

[stoffe64]

Hi John
Hell yes its straight on the fracks nowdays,before it was à bit bumpy.

[rythmnbls]

Hi all,

Just a quick introduction. I'm currently finishing off a micro turbine build, a video of which you can see here.

Looking forward to sharing ideas etc with like minded folk.

Regards.

Steve.

[wolfdragon]

and with a DIY axial turbine too... nice work!