Efficiencies of turboprop and turbojet engines compared; advantages of turboprop in 400-mph class of aircraft; difficulties encountered in developing Proteus and how they were solved; at takeoff same turboprop engine will give more than twice thrust of jet engine; on landing propellers can be put into reverse and act as very powerful brake.


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    Title :

    Development of "Bristol" Proteus propeller turbine engine


    Additional title:

    Shell Aviation News


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    Publication date :

    1954


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






    Bristol proteus

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1949


    Bristol proteus

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1949


    Bristol proteus

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1949