The only running Concorde Olympus 593 - 610 engine in the world!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 มี.ค. 2020
- Concorde Olympus 593-610
7th March 2020, Multiple Runs ! :)
Let's start off by saying this is not a Jet Truck, the engines weight is considerable and is hard to move around. The truck allows me to move the engine about at home where I usually work on it. Secondly, due to the noise I cant run it at home, so the truck allows me to go places where noise isn't so much of an issue. Originally the 593 was mounted on a basic truck and looked rather plain, once I got to the point where the engine could be run, I felt that the 593 needed a nicer looking truck to help do justice to this feat of engineering, hence the more modern truck with custom body panels. I do appreciate why some might think it's a dragster, however I would never be able to stop it once it got moving, so to clarify, it's basically a static display transport unit.
In the video the 593 is started by a smaller donkey engine (GTCP85), an APU from a commercial airliner, this engine produces compressed air and powers the 593's pneumatic starter motor. Once the 593 has reached self sustain speeds of 25% RPM, the air starter is de-energised and then the 593's RPM is taken to 35% (debowing speed), the APU is then shut down and is no longer required. Around a minute of debowing, the RPM is taken up to 70% briefly and back down to 65% which is the engines idle setting. Once run for about another minute or so, we are out of fuel supplied from the tank positioned just in front of the engine, that's 120 litres of JetA1. The green rope is connected to an emergency valve, so should the engine unexpectedly go to full power and move the truck forward, this will kill the fuel to the HP injectors and thus shut the engine down. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Amazing. Can you now get another 3 running and some pointy metal to hold them together?
I wouldn't be able to afford the fuel bill, never mind the metal pointy bits.
😂😂😂
Just get jeffrey to do it or elon or mark
My Great Uncle worked for Rolls Royce and helped design the engines for the Concorde, he died a year or two ago and I think he would have loved to see this video!
We run these engines for fun whilst honoring the people that designed and made them :)
I think they used to come up with much more dramatic and fitting names for machines back in the day. Olympus 593 just sounds powerful without even knowing what it is. 😂
Olympus, Pegasus, etc. all brilliant names!
Two of the best sounds in the world in one video: A jet engine running full-tilt and classic Gary Numan!
I tend to agree, but not everyone does :)
I have to agree entirely tbh.
Awesome!!!
reduced to be stationary on the back of this truck, 4 of this engines used to work together and carried that one aircraft through the skies.
I'm just marveled thinking of that aircraft traveling at twice the speed of sound close to the edge of space and thinking about the old saying: all things past were better.
In reality I know newer things or technology are always better but we're well into 2022 and still don't have another commercial SST yet.
Oh my word, the irony...!
Either a stationary engine or stuck in a museum.
There’s the Overture from Boom Technologies that’s set to debut a few years from now and enter commercial service by the end of the decade.
This is a lonlybreminder of a great past
Like a castle or a roman statue
Conqorde was a glorious lady, a dame of a beast
Yes she truly was.
I can remember them being a shit ton louder when they used to fly over my flat in Greenwich, about 10 times louder than a normal jetliner.
They probably had the afterburners engaged if it was a shit tone louder.
Yup used to live in rockaway Beach (across from jfk) when they would fly out at before 6 a.m things would literally shake off shelves in the building. Only.5.stories up they flew so low over the buildings and to see it when you where on the beach going out was so beautiful
Each Concorde had 4 of them attached to the lower part of the wing...
Afterburner would have shattered all the windows around so doubt that 😅
Imagine that truck passing you on the motorway
Thank you my friend for posting the videos, muchly appreciated, especially the Ones of the T312 APU, it helped me greatly to understand how to install my T312 APU that i purchased!
Thanks to TH-cam recommendations ^^ I am discovering this video... and there are so much tears in my eyes while I am writing this comment...
The heart of Concorde is beating again... This incredible sound I have heard for more than 25 years over my head daily (I am in France, and was living since I was a child in the west of Paris in the axis of the "26" runway of CDG...) is still in my memory.
Would like so much to come, and see and hear it roaring ^^
Thanks... thanks a lot !
Hi Patrice, thanks for the comments.
For me the engine is the most important part of an aircraft and to get the 593 running is a small tribute to the men and women that made The Olympus and Concorde all those years ago.
@@jet-power Hi Adrian, thanks for your answer. I have heard my friend Fred (from Olympus593.com) is in contact with you. Maybe can I come for a next run ^^
I will ask him (or you) to find four or five other Olympus Plants... and we will be able to "light the candle" ^^ :) Wish it were possible for real...
Do you have a version without the music covering up the sound of the engine?
Nice to see ian is still at it, its been over 20 years since i last saw him, we started a nimbus up on the drive.
I think Ian will be playing with jets until the day he drops.
I remember how his neighbours used to react when he started up the Gas Turbine in the back garden!!
How Awesome. So need to pair up 593 with a Concorde Museum for a demonstration 👍👍👍
Insurance is the problem with that one.
This is spectacular, I have been following jetpower's journey to restore this example to running condition since several years ago, and to see an Olympus 593 truly roar to life for the first time in over 16 years makes me feel so happy. Kudos to you and your team and maybe some time you could find yourself some exhaust nozzles so you can run it higher than a little past idle :)
Maybe you could film the engine from a little distance away some time to get the true howling screech of the Olympus 593 even at idle? It can be hard to differentiate the 593 from the APU noise sometimes.
We did try to extend the air start hose on the day, for a more pure 593 sound, but as it turned out an adapter would have been needed to join the two which I didn't have. A more powerful run may be on the cards, but this comes with a larger fuel bill and as I pay for everything out of my own pocket, so I do have to be careful on the spending.
I would love to chip in on the fuel bill to see/hear it 👍
Best engine efficiency 71percent, probably the best jet engine ever developed.
You have to love this engine :)
How many RPM was the turbine of concorde engine at cruising?
I was waiting for the the truck to shoot off into the sky… haha
The lorry has a hood handbrake 👍
Thanks for sharing this and all your other videos, I wish we could puchase APU's and other turbines to play with in Australia.
I'm sure there some out there somewhere.
It's great to see a 593 running, instead of just looking at them (and Concorde Alpha Fox') down the road at Aerospace Bristol. Seeing that back end reminds me of the time I had to don white disposable overalls and crawl up the jetpipe of an installed 593 at Heathrow to look at the EGT 'spider'. As one of the dwindling number of Fleet Engines team members at Bristol who kept 593s turning and burning, is there any chance of an invitation for us to see the engine running, once Covid-19 is well out of the way?
Anyone that has a genuine & positive view on what I and my buddies do is always welcome to come and see the engine run.
I suggest keeping an eye on jetpower.co.uk for updates and getting in touch when there is some news about another engine run.
When most people choose a hobby they go fly rc planes and such , this bloke has an Olympus Concorde jet engine in his yard . Bet the neighbors love him
I must have understanding neighbours I guess :)
We use Olympus engines fitted with power turbines and generators at Hartlepool Power Station. Still running when required to support nuclear reactor shutdowns, start-ups & just in case of black start needs.
I never knew that, a test run of one of those would male a interesting TH-cam Video :)
Pretty cool to just have a Concorde engine laying around the house. I thought they were longer.
They are longer with the afterburner gear attached :)
@@jet-powerHow does the engine not move that truck? I would think it would launch it into the next town.
Brillaint my dad used to test these back at filton RR
Goosebumps
Can’t beat that noise as it winds up just before self sustain!!!... Thanks for posting,...... love the safe fuel tank supports on the starter set😂....I love the fact you have to have a jet engine to start a jet engine...which came first?......did you know the navy still use these?
Actually, I nearly bought a marine Olympus two years back, but I already had this one and this has costed enough without having another.:)
Adrian Bennett
I had a Wren 180 attached to my push bike (Radio Control gas generator) they didn’t class it as to a gas turbine, it produced 180 Nm of thrust when on loud would push me along at anywhere between 45 and the fastest was 66mph.... it made me smile, kids scream and the police really mad....also got thrown out of Le Mans....while the classic 24hrs 2012 was on...you can ride a motor bike around the infield but you can’t have a jet engine on your bike...it just doesn’t figure?
A pretty amazing engine for being no bigger than they are only just four of them could power the massive Concord to speeds above Mach 2 at altitude, extremely loud not very fuel efficient and they liked to suck objects off of the tarmac into their inlets.
Yep, A tribute to it's engineers.
Could you ever show the rear lighting up? It would be great to see it once more!!
The next run I do, all being well in September I will make sure there is a rear lighting up video, just for you :)
Adrian Bennett thank you so much!
Email it to me at jjohno321@live.com
@@jet-powerHello! Did you get round to it?
hopefully on the 25th of this month 🙂@@Slothdeman
@@jet-power smashing☺️☺️
Where was the flame?
You’re a very lucky man 😎🔥
I noticed they didnt ignite the afterburner, probably because that truck would had ended up over the wall if they had lol
I assume the engine can only run on idle, otherwise the truck would "move" away?
The propelling nozzles are not attached so thrust is at a minimum, but it would still push it at a fair rate of knots
Fantastic guys. how the hell did you did you get hold of one of these. and can I join your club please.when are you going to light the burner.once again well done lads
Thanks Andy,
The next run may be towards the end of the year, or possibly early next year.
Give me a shout nearer the time, it does depend on location etc.
Do u know what specific concord this engine is from?
The engines were shared between the Concorde fleet and when returned for a service different engine modules could also be interchanged.
I did look in to it once, but it became a minefield quite quickly.
@@jet-power I can imagine it did. I guess even with info like the serial number or whatever u would still need maintenance records to trace it. My granddad worked as a BA mechanic when concord was in service but i doubt he would know anything useful to help.
Wish you had held a smoke trail in front of the intake so that we can see the engine sucking in the air and then maybe throw some paper into the jet stream to see the power of the jet exhaust
If there is a next time, I might have a go at doing that :)
Imagine passing over a truck with a Concorde engine on its back preparing for Supersonic😂
:)
I need this for my engine swapping my Hondajet Elite. Maybe Brian from @VTECAcademy can make some custom mounts for this swap project.
Wouldn't you need two?
@@jet-power I think brian can make a single engine work fine.
How does it feel standing behind? Do you smell a strong kerocene scent?
Not really, although it is apparent, its more the heat that gets your attention.
@@jet-power isn't this powered by air only? Doesn't need fuel
I was expecting that (what looks like a) concrete wall to be blown over, maybe it would’ve been blown over if they turned on this engine with the afterburner it once had.
great what plane was the turbine on?
Concorde :)
@@jet-power your reply feels so full of joy... 😊
What if they did a 7000 rpm run?
It would probably do a lot of damage, remember the jet pipe is missing.
So is this road legal?
The trucks road legal with the engine sat on it, but to actually drive it on the road under thrust I would need to tow a fuel bowser and that would be dangerous :)
@@jet-power But if you spoke nicely to the MOT guy he could pass it I reckon!
The MOT emissions test could be .... interesting
so is this 593 AB Equipped? ill be very excited to see that
It has the afterburner manifold / gutter in the exhaust section, but not the AB pipe and petals, these are usually left in the aircraft airframe.
Having them would probably double the length of the engine.
@@jet-power so can that section be obtained?
as a retired SAR/HEMS Pilot, im assuming its unsafe to operate the AB Ring without the pipe section, im not fully in the know of how that system works, hence why im asking :)
@@CapStar362 I can really only run the engine up to idle and maybe a little more than that as the exhaust nozzles are not part of this system, rotor over speeding due to lack of back pressure could become an issue, so best not to go there and trying to run the afterburner at idle is probably not a good idea. However, one day I might inject smoke fluid in to the AB ring at idle, it would make one hell of a smoke machine !
I would love to get hold of an afterbuner, but I presume they are all in airframes. Maybe one day.
@@jet-power definitely understandable now that u explained that part....
@@jet-power www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Concorde-Turbo-Jet-Engine-Complete-with-Afterburner/113823113322 - Perhaps you need to get a kick starter going....!
Awesome machines for sure but sooooooo did not need Gary Numan over the top. These things make their own music hey.
Gary Newman Rules! Plenty of other videos of it without music.
*Me trying to sleep*
That one Honda Civic:
?
Get this guy some funds and 3 more engines aswell as a Concorde ! 😂
How hard can that be?
@@jet-power some group in england raised 400k to make one fly again years ago but nothing came of it.
3:17 very confused cow's
Indeed, very confused.
I want to see your car drive with this engine 😀
MAN go supersonic
Oh Yess
I'm not seeing the "bypass".
What bypass ?
They just did a gentle run of the engine because running it at 7200 rpm would have been 10x louder than a boeing plane.
I guess
To be honest, I don’t think that air intake safety screen/cage would be helpful if a human or a large object was sucked in by the engines power at full load.
Good job it's never run at "Full Load " then :)
Shame about the music added to the video, the engine is the music!
Your correct of course, a bit of Metallica would have been better.
Where afterburner
In Airframe
why the music!!!!
Because I like Gary Newman.
These engines.are.now being used in the.latest jet fighters and in the raptor fighters.
Not so sure about that :)
Wait untill the design is ready for the world for road legal vehicles like t...mister t......new technology
36,000 horsepower... 10,000 lbs of thrust.
Only south of the equator 😗
ok hear me out: put it on a go cart
Sorry but the unnecessary music ruins the experience
I accept your apology.
Maybe watch another 593 video?
Stupid background music.....
Always nice to have positive people leave a comment, so go take your negativity somewhere you belong.
Better than the flute recorder Reed thing your sucking at on your profile pic.
Not a day goes past where a life threatening situation is averted by the ability to give a quick blast of three blind mice!!!