SST Jet Engine for sale

[Philbo King]

Not really an audio topic, but I found it interesting.

What would you do with a used Rolls-Royce Olympus engine from Concorde?

The engine, which sold for $718,000, cannot be flown again.

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I can imagine somebody mounting this to a vehicle to re-create the apocryphal and infamous urban legend of an automobile flight in the Arizona desert that inspired the creation of the Darwin Award.

JATO Rocket Car - Wikipedia

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Darwin Awards - Wikipedia

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What would you do with a jet engine that can generate tens of thousands of pounds of thrust? Perhaps it could be applied to power a new type of subwoofer?

 

[egellings]

Not really an audio topic, but I found it interesting.

What would you do with a used Rolls-Royce Olympus engine from Concorde?

The engine, which sold for $718,000, cannot be flown again.

arstechnica.com

I can imagine somebody mounting this to a vehicle to re-create the apocryphal and infamous urban legend of an automobile flight in the Arizona desert that inspired the creation of the Darwin Award.

JATO Rocket Car - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Darwin Awards - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

What would you do with a jet engine that can generate tens of thousands of pounds of thrust? Perhaps it could be applied to power a new type of subwoofer?

Why can't the engine be flown again?

 

[DVDdoug]

Why can't the engine be flown again?

Whe article says it's a "condition of sale". Although, I'm not sure if that's enforceable... Generally, if you sell something you have no control over what the new owner can do. when you own something, you own it. (I think you can put restrictions, "covenants", on land/real estate.)

But it may only be certified for a certain number of hours. With a quick-search I found something that says jet engines are typically overhauled 2 or 3 times.

 

[Deleted member 21114]

Why can't the engine be flown again?

Possibly because of the adjustable area nozzle reheat (afterburner for the Septics). There was / is some restrictions on civilian use.

"The overall thermal efficiency of the engine in supersonic cruising flight (supercruise) was about 43%, which at the time was the highest figure recorded for any normal thermodynamic machine."

I wonder if it was Class D?

 

[Speedskater]

Why can't the engine be flown again?

Maybe because there are endless rules & regs about airplane parts.
I was told that a propeller bolt can't be reused.

 

[JayGilb]

It would make one hell of a garage heater.