This was very successful turbojet that I built with the lessons that I learned from my previous smaller scratch-built engine design projects. I tested this engine for several total hours in multiple runs including some runs with full afterburner. I learned a lot from previously machining all of my own turbomachinery, but for this larger engine, I decided that I wanted to concentrate on engine cycle thermodynamics and engine subsystem design, so I made this engine by significantly modifying a diesel heavy equipment turbocharger. Interestingly, it was an original idea of mine to make turbocharger based jet engines at the time of this project; years later, I discovered that others were working with similar designs in Canada and the east coast around that same timeframe.
Michael Fuchs Personal Projects 