Illustrated description of arrangement, known as "electropult," built by Westinghouse Electric Corp for U S Navy for launching aircraft from shipboard or small landing fields; it is essentially large induction motor laid out flat; 1382-ft track corresponds to rotor of conventional machine and small shuttle car which runs along it acts as stator. See also Engineering Index 1946 p 56. (see also Engrs' Digest (British Edition) v 7 n 12 Dec 1946 p 396; Civ Eng (NY) v 17 n 1 Jan 1947 p 23; Engineer v 182 n 4737 Oct 25 1946 p 379)
Wound-rotor motor 1400 feet long
Westinghouse Engr
Westinghouse Engineer ; 6 , n 5
1946
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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