Initial flight testing of General Electric TG-100, first American gas turbine driving propeller, accomplished in Convair XP-81 airplane, during Dec 21 1945 to Dec 19 1946; problems encountered included starting, control, feathering, vibration, etc; conventional constant speed propellers and governors are not satisfactory for use with gas turbines; improvements in temperature control, starting, and service life needed.
Problems of gas-turbine propeller combinations
Aeronautical Eng Rev
Aeronautical Engineering Review ; 7 , n 4
1948
7 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Design of propeller-turbine combinations
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