Overall view of the the turbine wheels; this is the forward face of the
first-stage wheel.
While the first-stage wheel is largely intact (other than missing its center,
where it would attach to the shaft; it's possible that this is the set which
corresponds to the Smithsonian's turbopump), the second-stage
wheel (visible several inches below the first-stage wheel, occasionally
obscured by the plastic) appears to be missing many of its blades.
I've never been able to find the diameter of the turbine wheels; the closest
I've found is that the F-1's Mark 10 turbopump is described as a "35-inch
turbopump" (this in documentation for the F-1A, which would have had a "30-inch
turbopump"). Each wheel has a slightly different diameter, so it's unclear
whether the first-stage wheel, the second-stage wheel, or perhaps the turbine
housing is 35 inches.
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