Originally Posted by
Gonzalo38
With the new Jetcentral system, this is very easy to do. All the information is kept inside the turbine so you just need a couple of power packs (connection box with the fuel pump and the valves to have a clean installation) and you are done.
The PowerPack has the following:
Fuel pump
Solenoid valves
Electronics to control the power to the fuel pump Electronics to control the valves Electronics to comunicate to the HDT (s-bus) Electronics to comunicate with the turbine internals (s-bus) Electronics to read the pulses from the receiver Electronics to monitor Battery voltages
The electronics under the front cover has the following:
RPM sensor
Thermo coupler input
Electronics to control the power to the burner Electronics to control the power to the starter Main processor (the brain) Data storage (timers, operational parameters, data log, serial number)
There are two different Sizes of PowerPacks, one for the large engines (mammoth and Rhino) and other for smaller engines (Rabbit and Chetah) The main difference among both is the size of the pump and the flow rate of the valves. (electronics are basically the same)
PowerPack can be replaced and no programing or parameter changes are needed, because all info stays with the engine.
This sounds like a very well thought out system, unfortunately, I don't currently own one of those so it doesn't really help with my current situation. Still it sounds like a very good selling point for guys like me that would like to share a turbine between models..