The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Riedel motor is a small two cylinder, two cycle horizontally opposed petrol engine which develops 10 hp at 6,000 rpm. An electrical junction box with a bakelite cover is fitted to the front of the engine to allow for electric ignition. All covers and fittings, including the twin exhausts, are present. In the event of an emergency start being required, a pull cable with a metal handle is fitted. A heavy flywheel mounted to the back of the unit mates with the Jumo turbojet. A partially missing paper warning label is pasted to the front of the pull start cable unit. Rivetted to the front of the body of the motor are two serial plates.
This unit was normally fitted to the front of an Messerschmitt Me 262 Junkers Jumo 004B-1 jet engine as a starter motor, and was located behind a cone-shaped housing.
The Riedel motor is a small two cylinder, two cycle horizontally opposed gasoline engine which develops 10 hp at 6,000 rpm. An electrical junction box with a bakelite cover is fitted to the front of t
Riedel 2 cylinder starter motor as fitted to Junkers Jumo 004 jet engines of Me 262 aircraft. This particular Riedel includes a starter pull-cord and spark plugs but does not have electric starter
Messerschmitt 262 jet engine injector plug. The plug is a multi-part 'L' shaped assembly, 118mm long along its major axis and 51mm long along the minor axis. The minor axis is the fuel supply end, whi
This instrument is one of two such gauges that would have been fitted to a Me 262 fighter in a console on the right hand side of the main flight control panel. This instrument would have indicated th
Port cockpit side forward instrument sub panel for an Me 262. Electrical fittings, wiring, knobs, switches, rubber hoses, metal fittings and hardware are still attached. The uppermost guage recorded f
Messerschmitt Me 262A-2, cantilever low wing monoplane with twin axial flow jet engines. All metal, stressed skin construction. Retractable tricycle undercarriage, single spar, one piece wing attached
