Background and development of lift fan propulsion system by General Electric for U S Army research Aircraft XV-5A; significant features of propulsion arrangement include dual inlet scrolls at each fan for engine-out light safety; pitch fan -- 36 in. aerodynamic scale of wing fan developing lift/weight ratio of 18; hover and low speed aircraft control derived from spoiling and vectoring fan thrusts; opposite rotation of wing fans; J85-5B engines modified for dry operation; fast convertibility, and 500-600-hr fan static and wind tunnel experience including 50-hr flightworthiness qualification; propulsion performance.
Initial flight experience with lift fan propulsion
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1964
1964
29 pages
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
© Metadata Copyright Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
Initial Flight Experience With Lift Fan Propulsion
SAE Technical Papers | 1964
|Lift fan flight test experience
AIAA | 1965
|Flight Experience with Apollo Spacecraft Propulsion Systems
SAE Technical Papers | 1973
|INITIAL CASSINI PROPULSION SYSTEM IN-FLIGHT CHARACTERIZATION
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2002
|