Museum Oberursel

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bughunter
Please see the album description 🙂

26 August, 20:45

Alec K
Very cool! But open once per month?!?

29 August, 12:46

bughunter
Yes, because the museum is on the company premises and a guided tour has to be organised. And of course a guide must also be available.
Some guests didn't show up, so there were only three of us visitors 🙂

29 August, 18:19

Alec K
Aha, makes sense. You had almost a private tour, nice.

31 August, 15:54

gorby
Beautiful building. I've just read the Wiki entry about the factory and it has had a fascinating history: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorenfabrik_Oberursel

1 September, 07:11

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you for the pictures and for taking us with you! The running rotary engine is impressive, did it smell of Castor oil?

1 September, 07:20

bughunter
Your are welcome mates!
Thanks Gorby for adding the interesting link.
Roland, the museum has some typical metal and oil smell, but I can't remember Castor oil smell. I guess the last run was long ago, it runs may be once a year? If there's an event like a family weekend or something where the engine is shown running, I'd love to go again!

A very impressive piece of history was the jet engine of this Mack truck - please note the exhausts! [img1]

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1 September, 12:05

gorby
Wow! A jet powered truck! 😮

1 September, 15:05

bughunter
Oh yes, that would be a nice model!
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The only disadvantage was, that the trailer was needed to store the needed fuel. 🙂

1 September, 15:32

Album info

Those who follow my projects may also be familiar with the Oberursel rotary engines. Oberursel is a town in the north of Frankfurt, where the "Motorenfabrik Oberursel AG" was located. Engines have been manufactured there since 1892 and, after several changes of ownership, are now part of Rolls-Royce.
During the First World War, the factory supplied around 3000 rotary aircraft engines and trained 5000 mechanics for engine maintenance.
Today, it mainly carries out maintenance work on jet engines and produces parts for jet engines. The museum provides an impressive insight! More than 130 years of industrial history.
I had planned to visit for years, but since the museum is typically only open on the last Friday of the month, it hadn't worked out so far (registration is required by e-mail, see website). The tour was very interesting and was advertised as lasting 2 hours, but ours lasted three and a half hours - many thanks to the guide!
I can highly recommend a visit!

Please see gkmo.net/ for more info and pictures.

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