Testing a Large Turbine Engine : A New Perspective
105You are there... This is what it's like starting, running, and testing a GE LM1500 industrial turbine engine. And most of all, running the cameras to document the test!
On this day we used our minimum crew of three:
Robin is the operator in the control room and he's running the show.
Electron Bill is controlling the fuel supply system and vaporizer.
I'm the start cart guy and also help with any actions or adjustments that might be needed as called for by the operator.
This is a video of the highlights of the material I shot today with one of three cameras.
Some of this footage will be used in the final movie created with footage from all of them.
I hope you gearheads enjoy this; others, looking for mainstream entertainment value, may want to move on...
For me, test days are exciting times, and I hope this video conveys a bit of that.
It's not a Gopro...
The remote mic was wrapped in foam, then wrapped in tape,and placed under my jacket in the middle of my back.
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