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    List of unbuilt aircraft that used fairchild/ranger engines

    Can someone please help make a list on most unbuilt aircraft that utilized these engines thanks
  2. Christian17

    SNECMA “Flat” engine

    All Info I was able to gather: Diameter was only a hair under 1 meter, but length was far less than a 3rd of a meter. Performance figure met with a Thrust rating of 2,200 Kgf (4850 lbf). I have scrambled to find more information about this jet engine, however no luck was spared. Perchance...
  3. kqcke for you

    Exoskeletal Engine (ESE) concepts

    Well i don't have mutch knowledge about it and there is not so mutch to find about. They have the potential to be very good tought as far as my small research goes bearings where the big problems. Maybe you guys know more about it. I will link the wiki page to it...
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    Genesis of the internal-combustion engine turbine

    The Victorians developed effective turbines for turning water and steam power into work, and also turbopumps for doing the opposite. During the early part of the 20th century, research was carried out into various arrangements for turbo-compression, combustion and turbine work extraction in the...
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    Japanese Jet Engines of WWII

    Ah okay, that makes more sense. It seems the original description was incorrect. Justo, do you know where I can find more information regarding Japanese centrifugal-type jet engines? I’m curious how they compare to the axial series. and thanks for the amazing images and information, as always
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    Avon engines

    Hi all I've done quite a bit of searching on the net, but cannot seem to find details on all the Avon series engines with physical characteristics and timelines. Any pointers would be much appreciated. On this topic, I've seen the Mirage III originally touted for Australia was fitted with an...
  7. Michel Van

    Exotic Fuel for Aircraft and Rocket

    I found in Robert L. Forward novel "Saturn Rukh" this Synthetic Fuel: metastabil Helium NHe64* know someone about this is a real proposal or is this pure Sci-Fi ? (Forward had Habit to put proposals in his novels) the idea of metastable helium is this: Three helium atoms are aligned in a...
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    Early British gas turbine development

    Got this form Groggy on the TGP site http://www.tgplanes.com/Public/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1268 “The L.R.1 bomber project was first submitted to the Ministry of Aircraft Production late in 1944” and “In May, 1945 a project was prepared for a transatlantic civil transport powered by four...
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