Gary's Jet Journal

I know it is a bit of a skip around, since there seems to be lots of missing information, but I just couldn't wait to show off the newest part of the HR-1A engine. The afterburner lit off for the first time today, and is it ever a beast! I just had to grab the camera and get some video to share with you all here on the site. I do hope that you enjoy it, and more information on the construction will be up soon.

Afterburner test number 1

The reason that I couldn't get the afterburner to light off is that I wasn't giving it enough fuel. Once I just turned up the fuel as far as the pump could push it, it lit right off and works great now. Some more tweaking is in order, but the main thing is that it works!

Thanks again for stopping by and for providing your support to the site. Hope to see you again soon!

Gary Richards

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