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The notches on the outer edge of the flywheel are for "barring" the engine which is manually rotating the flywheel to set the valve timing for starting. They used large crowbars and later used smaller engines for barring.

The Whittle engine plans and build were published in Model Engineering beginning in April 1995. There is a group at WittleV8 groups.io Group . They have additional information on the plans and errors found during builds.

Just received an email from autodesk that announced changes in the personal use licensing: Effective October 1, 2020, functionality in Fusion 360 for personal use will be limited, and you’ll no longer have access to the following: Probing, 3 + 2-axis milling (tool orientation), multi-axis...