The U-6 aircraft manufacturer, in an effort to utilize the advantages of the turbine engine, modified a company-owned U-6 Airplane. The modification consisted principally of replacing the R-985 reciprocating engine with a T-74 (PT6A-6) engine and lengthening the fuselage. An unsolicited proposal to test this airplane was submitted to the Headquarters, US Army Materiel Command (USAMC). Headquarters, USAMC, directed that a comparative military potential test be conducted between a US Army U-6 and the Turbo-Beaver. (Author)
Military Potential Test of the Turbine-Powered U-6 Airplane
1965
54 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Jet & Gas Turbine Engines , Aircraft , Short takeoff aircraft , Gas turbines , Aircraft engines , Army aircraft , Utility aircraft , Military applications , Military operations , Performance(Engineering) , Missions , Climbing , Maintainability , Operational test and evaluation , Costs , Reciprocating engines , Fuselages , Flight testing , U-6 aircraft , U-6 beaver aircraft , R-985 engines , T-74 engines , PT-6A-6 engines