SightlessSeer
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A friend of mine just won this lot on Gc Surplus. Can't wait to get a closer look at it. Definitely a cool piece of history.
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Canadair Sabre 6 Orenda 14 Engine on GcSurplus
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SightlessSeer
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It's a jet engine the possibilities are endless
SightlessSeer
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In seriousness however, the guy who bought it is one of the main guys involved with Halifax 57 Rescue. I expect that he will try to use it as a bargaining chip to trade that for some other parts that we can actually use building the replica Halifax
I have seen on YouTube engines mounted to a cart and set up and running. When I was working at Ontario Hydro Nanticoke Generating Station we had 3 Orenda Jet engines coupled to a 4:1 gear box running a 4 pole generator each rated at 8 Megwatts. They were there as stand by emergency power should the station and the grid go BLACK. As an apprentice I would go with the Shift Electrician from time to time and witness a start up of the units. Some of these older engines were required to be started every 10 days to prevent corrosion. Don't ask me where or why. But every Friday morning all of the units were started and run for 30 minutes. At idle, no load each engine consumed 4 US gallons of Jet-A per minute. Double that loaded. Sure was a neat sound hearing them crank, ignite and spool up.
TonyK.
Grimsby Ontario Canada.
Maybe he wants to build his own WIND TUNNEL and do contract work for RWDI.
Model Citizen
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I think the "Trade Bait" angle is pretty valid.
When I first got in to the Forces as a very junior Air Force Tech, a lot of the engine spares from the VooDoo,(J-57?)were being sold into the Natural Gas Pumping system, for moving Natural Gas across the country, as they ran very well on the Gas itself, and, because they were not subject to the cycle of starting and stopping, or any airworthiness concerns, they had a VERY long life in service. Lots of the VooDoo Engine Techs retired out into the Oilpatch.
When I first got in to the Forces as a very junior Air Force Tech, a lot of the engine spares from the VooDoo,(J-57?)were being sold into the Natural Gas Pumping system, for moving Natural Gas across the country, as they ran very well on the Gas itself, and, because they were not subject to the cycle of starting and stopping, or any airworthiness concerns, they had a VERY long life in service. Lots of the VooDoo Engine Techs retired out into the Oilpatch.
Yup, in the neighbors front yard a block and a half away.
I think aeroderivative gas turbines are also a contender for power generation in data centers from what I'm reading. At least in NatGas prevalent areas, probably including western Canada.
From Plane Power to Power Grid: Repurposing Jet Engines for Data Centers
FTAI Aviation repurposes CFM56 jet engines into 25MW turbines, delivering fast, scalable power solutions for AI and data centers globally.
news.constructconnect.com
There was a time, early in the life of the Pratt and Whitney PT-6 engine, that they ran the entire production facility on the South Shore of Montreal, on the power generated by one PT-6 that was being endurance tested.I think aeroderivative gas turbines are also a contender for power generation in data centers from what I'm reading. At least in NatGas prevalent areas, probably including western Canada.
From Plane Power to Power Grid: Repurposing Jet Engines for Data Centers
FTAI Aviation repurposes CFM56 jet engines into 25MW turbines, delivering fast, scalable power solutions for AI and data centers globally.
Given the general responses that I have seen posted about the net miserable effect on local power grids, when another AI Data Center opens in an area, I would not be surprised to see the trend run towards REQUIRING the Data Centers, provide their own power sources. A Hush House, is a thing. Effectively, a giant muffler or silencer, to allow flat out runs of very powerful jet engines, to not make enough noise to be noticed over normal ambient noise levels.
As a funny side note, one of my younger brother's jobs for a while, was coordinating the transport trains carrying coal that was owned by the company he worked for, to Power Plants that existed solely to power the Data Centers that ran the likes of Google, Apple, Amazon, and others. The key criteria for that coal, was that it contained too many pollutants, such that the mainland Chinese were not willing to buy it...
Regarding snow/ice removals... A bit over 8 years on the flight line in Moose Jaw as a Technician working around the Tutor aircraft (J-85 Can40 engines, no afterburners), among others, in winter conditions, I'll state that in my opinion, we could not afford enough jet fuel ever, to counter a prairie winter's cold, in against the cold that is embedded in the mass of concrete that is the flight line!