BUILD YOUR OWN RC TURBINE ENGINE

By Bob Englar

This Turbine engine is “state of the art” as it currently applies and is designed to deliver high power with
reliability. While using the same compressor and turbine wheels as in the KJ66 design, it is simpler to
make and cheaper to maintain in the longer term. The KJ66 provided a quantum leap in the design of
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