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