Evaluation of piston-type gas-generator engine for subsonic transport operation
Description:
Report presenting an evaluation of a piston-type gas-generator engine by comparing the performance of a transport airplane powered with than engine with the same airplane powered by different engines. The engines compared were a turbojet engine, a turbine-propeller engine, a compound engine, and a turbosupercharged reciprocating engine utilizing a variable-area exhaust jet nozzle. Results regarding optimum altitude and transport performance are provided.
Date:
July 15, 1949
Creator:
Lietzke, A. F. & Henneberry, Hugh M.
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