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What it says in the title really. Avon was licensed by Westinghouse as J54 but unlike other British engines didn't see any use while further it seems Westinghouse took Avon 300 and scaled it down. So how do we get Westinghouse taking the license earlier, say from Avon 200 to compete with J65 and J57? And what potential uses does you get? An afterburning Avon Mk.47A equivalent would be making 14,000 lbf, ~2,000 lbf less than J57 but also lighter and more compact, then 300 series would be exceeding it in power. Compared to J65 it offers as much power dry as J65-W-8 on afterburner.
For two obvious ones an Grumman F-11F built from the outset with Avon starts with 14,000 lbf which gets you into Super Tiger performance territory, you won't be getting the 2.04M of Super Tiger but you just increased power by a third which should be getting you something like 1.5-1.9M... making Tiger directly competitive with F-8U. And an Avon A-4 has from the outset as much thrust as A-4F. The same can be said for aircraft like Fury?
Thoughts?
For two obvious ones an Grumman F-11F built from the outset with Avon starts with 14,000 lbf which gets you into Super Tiger performance territory, you won't be getting the 2.04M of Super Tiger but you just increased power by a third which should be getting you something like 1.5-1.9M... making Tiger directly competitive with F-8U. And an Avon A-4 has from the outset as much thrust as A-4F. The same can be said for aircraft like Fury?
Thoughts?
