Rover's gas turbine division

[rrobson]

I recall reading a while back about the infamous jet1 and how it set various records but didn't realise how diverse their portfolio was. I'm assuming they were in bed with someone during the development, someone like Rolls Royce? Anyway for those that are interested here's a bit of reading and a video of a piece of kit that was seldom seen in a couple of places I used to work.

https://youtu.be/X_anKq-AUVY

http://www.gasturbineworld.co.uk/rovergasturbine.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_JET1

[WillyHeckaslike]

Rover were world leaders jet wise back in the day. The Vulcan V bomber sports one of their engines. A deal was done with RR for the technology and the rest, is well, history.

[RoverP480]

There are both a Rover and Austin gas turbine generator sets at the Internal Fire Museum just north of Newcastle Emlyn in Wales . https://www.internalfire.com/about.php

[MissMoppet]

Originally Posted by WillyHeckaslike

Rover were world leaders jet wise back in the day. The Vulcan V bomber sports one of their engines. A deal was done with RR for the technology and the rest, is well, history.

Mm . . . Was it not a Bristol Olympus, designed by Stanley Hooker (see his marvellous autobiography Not much of an Engineer), who were bought up by HS and later became RR Chief Design Engineer?

[Nobby]

Originally Posted by MissMoppet

Mm . . . Was it not a Bristol Olympus, designed by Stanley Hooker (see his marvellous autobiography Not much of an Engineer), who were bought up by HS and later became RR Chief Design Engineer?

Olympus were the main engines, the Rover was the airborne auxillary power pack fitted to the Vulcan, Argosy, HS 748 aswell as a version in the Nimrod

[WillyHeckaslike]

Originally Posted by Nobby

Olympus were the main engines, the Rover was the airborne auxiliary power pack fitted to the Vulcan, Argosy, HS 748 as well as a version in the Nimrod

Other than the Rover connection I know little about the flat irons. Sooo, were you at Scampton then Nobby?

[Nobby]

yep my time on Vulcans were Waddington for 6 months then Scampton 75 to 83 including a 14 month unaccompanied tour at Goose bay in 79 thro 80 before returning to Scampton and then on to Waddington for a few more months before moving on to the Scottish airforce. Happy days,

[Russp]

The prototype APT train has ten Leyland gas turbines, not sure if these are descendants of the rover ones.
Can you imagine if the P6 had got gas turbines, knackered ones on estates been worked on and bodged by some barely sober loon on a Sunday morning while supported on a pile of bricks!
I imagine older ones would have developed a reputation for engine explosions

[WillyHeckaslike]

Originally Posted by Nobby

yep my time on Vulcans were Waddington for 6 months then Scampton 75 to 83 including a 14 month unaccompanied tour at Goose bay in 79 thro 80 before returning to Scampton and then on to Waddington for a few more months before moving on to the Scottish airforce. Happy days,

What was the general consensus on the ground during your time at Scampton re the grave in front of 2 hangar? Some I've read think that it is not kosher as in empty and never occupied.