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Home / Historical large aircraft gas turbine engine and fuel control information. / A SMALL SLICE OF THE WOODWARD GOVERNOR COMPANY'S JET ENGINE HYDROMECHANICAL FUEL CONTROL HISTORY. / A vintage Woodward jet engine governor manufactured for the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company. / Brad's governor disassembly project of the Woodward P&W jet engine governor. 23
Part one.
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Disassembly of the governor, part two.
- Inside top cover picture.
- Inspected the spline 2.23 input gears and in excellent condition.
- Cover placed back on the control.
- The cover removed to show the guts of the governor.
- The reduction gear ratios to turn the two governor fly weight assemblies in the control.
- First time in 49 years the inside of this governor has seen the light of day!!!
- The fuel pump area that mates to the drive shaft of the governor.
- End of round one for the governor disassembly project.
- Gas Turbine Fuel Control History.
- The bolts for the fuel pump(a non-Woodward pump) that mates to the drive shaft of the governor.
- P3 temperature sensor assembly.
- Power lever side.
- How does a jet engine governor work?
- Protective metal cap taken off the P3 temperature sensor.
- First time the cover has been taken off in 49 years!!!