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What does it mean when it is decribed as "Mercury powered"? Is Mercury
merely a trade name for an rc jet engine? Or is it something more
exotic? I googled a bit but didn't find out.

Waldo.



On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:57:25 GMT, "Alan Erskine"
> wrote:

>http://www.amtjets.com/gallery_rene_hotspot.html
>

In article >,
Waldo.Pepper > wrote:

> What does it mean when it is decribed as "Mercury powered"? Is Mercury
> merely a trade name for an rc jet engine? Or is it something more
> exotic? I googled a bit but didn't find out.
>
> Waldo.
>
>
>
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:57:25 GMT, "Alan Erskine"
> > wrote:
>
> >http://www.amtjets.com/gallery_rene_hotspot.html
> >

Perhaps they are referring to a Mercury outboard motor -- popular in the
1950s.

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"Waldo.Pepper" > wrote in message
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> What does it mean when it is decribed as "Mercury powered"? Is Mercury
> merely a trade name for an rc jet engine? Or is it something more
> exotic? I googled a bit but didn't find out.

I have no idea. I'd say that it's a good bet that it's the name of a jet
engine, but it says "147.700 rpm" which indicates it's a reciprocating
engine - maybe a fan similar to the... Savaroni CC.2 of pre-WWII. That
aircraft used a conventional piston engine to drive a compressor.

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:47:51 GMT, "Alan Erskine"
> wrote:

>"Waldo.Pepper" > wrote in message
...
>> What does it mean when it is decribed as "Mercury powered"? Is Mercury
>> merely a trade name for an rc jet engine? Or is it something more
>> exotic? I googled a bit but didn't find out.
>
>I have no idea. I'd say that it's a good bet that it's the name of a jet
>engine, but it says "147.700 rpm" which indicates it's a reciprocating
>engine - maybe a fan similar to the... Savaroni CC.2 of pre-WWII. That
>aircraft used a conventional piston engine to drive a compressor.
>
It's a 9Kg thrust turbine made by AMT in the Netherlands. The rpm will
be the maximum at full thrust. I very much doubt that any
reciprocating engine can ever reach 147,700 rpm, this is a normal max
revs for a turbine however.

Jim Gill
Dundee Model Aircraft Club
http://www.dmac.org.uk

"Jim Gill" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:47:51 GMT, "Alan Erskine"
> > wrote:
>>I have no idea. I'd say that it's a good bet that it's the name of a jet
>>engine, but it says "147.700 rpm" which indicates it's a reciprocating
>>engine - maybe a fan similar to the... Savaroni CC.2 of pre-WWII. That
>>aircraft used a conventional piston engine to drive a compressor.
>>
> It's a 9Kg thrust turbine made by AMT in the Netherlands. The rpm will
> be the maximum at full thrust. I very much doubt that any
> reciprocating engine can ever reach 147,700 rpm, this is a normal max
> revs for a turbine however.

Oh. I thought it was 147 'point' 7 rpm.

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:05:39 GMT, "Alan Erskine"
> wrote:

>"Jim Gill" > wrote in message
...
>> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:47:51 GMT, "Alan Erskine"
>> > wrote:
>>>I have no idea. I'd say that it's a good bet that it's the name of a jet
>>>engine, but it says "147.700 rpm" which indicates it's a reciprocating
>>>engine - maybe a fan similar to the... Savaroni CC.2 of pre-WWII. That
>>>aircraft used a conventional piston engine to drive a compressor.
>>>
>> It's a 9Kg thrust turbine made by AMT in the Netherlands. The rpm will
>> be the maximum at full thrust. I very much doubt that any
>> reciprocating engine can ever reach 147,700 rpm, this is a normal max
>> revs for a turbine however.
>
>Oh. I thought it was 147 'point' 7 rpm.

The French for example don't understand the difference between a point
and a comma.
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