Development of Fairchild J44 jet for powering missiles; latest version, installed in Ryan Firebee is 79.75 in. long, has max diam of 22 in. and dry weight of 345 lb, and develops thrust of 1000 lb; research Bell VTO aircraft has two J44s installed, one on each side of fuselage, in vertical position so that combined thrust exceeds gross weight of aircraft; when aircraft reaches required altitude, engines rotate until axes are in horizontal plane; application in boundary layer control.
Applications of small gas turbine
Shell Aviation News
Shell Aviation News ; n 206
1955
4 pages
Report
Englisch
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