Afterburner, developed by Continental Aviation, to improve performance of target drone aircraft uses mixture of triethylaluminum and trimethylaluminum to permit operation at combustion velocities considerably higher than those encountered in regular JP-4 afterburners; properties of fuels selected; nozzle ejection system and ignition; details of drone fuel system consisting of fuel tank, nitrogen bottle, fuel control and sequencing control; safety features.


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    Title :

    Development of pyrophoric fuel thrust augmenter for J69 engine


    Additional title:

    SAE -- Paper


    Contributors:
    Bay, D.G. (author) / Hill, J.H. (author)

    Conference:

    SAE Meeting ; 1960 Afterburners



    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    13 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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