Allison T40
Allison T40, sebutan perusahaan Allison Model 500, adalah mesin turboprop Amerika awal terdiri dari dua Allison T38 bagian power daya mengemudi baling-baling kontra-berputar melalui gearbox.
Maximum power output: 4,000 shp
Aplikasi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Douglas A2D Skyshark
- North American A2J Super Savage
- Convair P5Y
- Convair R3Y Tradewind
- Hiller X-18
- Lockheed XFV
- Convair XFY
- Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech
Referensi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- "Designations Of U.S. Military Aero Engines - Jet and Turbine Engines, 1946 - 1968". Andreas Parsch. Diakses tanggal 2009-11-21.
Kay, Anthony L. (2007). Turbojet History and Development 1930-1960 vol.2 (edisi ke-1st). Ramsbury: The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-86126-939-3.
- Gunston, Bill (2006). The Development of Jet and Turbine Aero Engines, 4th Edition. Sparkford, Somerset, England, UK: Patrick Stephens, Haynes Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-4477-3.
- Leyes II, Richard A.; William A. Fleming (1999). The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 1-56347-332-1.
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Allison T40.
- Flight 1950 article
- Dual Turbine Produces 5,500 h.p. early article with good illustration showing how two engines are connected to one gear box
- "American Turboprops" a 1950 Flight article
- "Tradewind Turboprops" a 1955 Flight article