NASA has determined by experimental and analytical effort that use of advanced turboprop propulsion instead of the conventional turbofans in the older narrow-body airline fleet could reduce fuel consumption for this type of aircraft by up to 50 percent. In cooperation with industry, NASA has defined and implemented an Advanced Turboprop (ATP) program to develop and validate the technology required for these new high-speed, multibladed, thin, swept propeller concepts. This paper presents an overview of the analysis, model-scale test, and large-scale flight test elements of the program together with preliminary test results, as available.


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    Title :

    NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Advanced Turboprop Research and Concept Validation Program


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    Publication date :

    1988


    Size :

    23 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English