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Old 4th March 2006 | 13:30
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barit1
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There is a bit of information you can extract from this TCDS (JT8D-219) if you know one additional detail:

The tachometer drives on older-vintage engines are all of a spec that says when the drive pad turns 4200 rpm, the steam gage reads 100%.

From the TCDS, the N1 tach pad is turning at 0.511 times fan rotor RPM. Thus when the pad turns 4200, the fan turns 4200/0.511 = 8219 rpm. This represents 100% on the N1 gage.

Similarly when the core turns 4200/0.343 = 12245 rpm, that's 100% on the N2.

I don't think many newer engines use the old-style tachometer system in this illustration, though...
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