DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEM 300 TURBINE POWERED AIRCRAFT.

Abstract

A gas turbine powered aircraft catapult was developed, and a prototype installation was made and tested. The turbine unit consists of a set of two radial out flow turbines supplied by two turbojet engines. The turbines drive a continuous wire rope loop, which is in turn attached to the aircraft. The specifications were for a catapult of 1800 foot stroke capable of accelerating a 32,000 pound aircraft to 155 knots. The program consisted of design, fabrication, and test of the catapult along with sub-development programs, including component tests. These included: development of a suitable cable splice for high speed operation, development of a brazed sheet metal turbine blade, development of a self-actuating friction type cable clamp which will release upon load reversal, and development of a flow control gate to efficiently direct a jet engine exhaust into either of two channels. Tests of the catapult indicated a deficiency in thrust. This is unaccounted for due to termination of the test program. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1958
Accession Number
AD0690620

Entities

People

  • Charles W. Harwell Jr

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Catapult-Assisted Takeoff Systems
  • Catapults
  • Engines
  • Gas Turbines
  • Hypervelocity Flow
  • Jet Engine Exhaust
  • Jet Engines
  • Rotor Blades (Turbomachinery)
  • Sheet Metal
  • Turbine Blades
  • Turbine Components
  • Turbines
  • Turbojet Engines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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