Napier Gazelle engine installed in prototype of Westland Wessex naval helicopter designed primarily as power unit for helicopters, but can also be used as propeller/turbine engine; advantage for helicopter propulsion is that it can maintain high power output whether helicopter is in hovering or in forward flight. (see also English Elec J v 15 n 3 Sept 1957 p 9-19; Am Helicopter v 47 n 7 June 1957 p 10-3, 15-6)
Free-turbine engine for helicopters with shaft drive
Engineering
Engineering ; 183 , n 4758
1957
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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