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Supercharger: Centrifugal-type, single-stage, 8.1:1 gear ratio, 15-vane, 10.25 in (260 mm) diameter impeller, and General Electric turbo-supercharger with intercooler Fuel system: 1 x Stromberg PD-12K8 2-barrel injection [ clarification needed ] downdraught carburetor with automatic mixture control
Moss built a high-RPM supercharger, driven by engine exhaust flow, and tested it in 1918 at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. As a result of this test, the government awarded its first supercharger contract to GE. Later in 1918 Moss attached his turbo-supercharger to a Liberty V-12 aero engine and tested it near Pikes Peak.
The new order issued on 2 January 1942 specified one XP-60A (Model 95A) with the Allison V-1710-75 engine and a General Electric B-14 turbo-supercharger, one XP-60B (Model 95B) with the Allison V-1710-75 engine and a Wright SU-504-1 turbo-supercharger, and one XP-60C (Model 95C) with the 2,500 hp 36.4 liter displacement Chrysler XIV-2220 16 ...
Turbochargers were used on several aircraft engines during World War II, beginning with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in 1938, which used turbochargers produced by General Electric. [ 10 ] [ 19 ] Other early turbocharged airplanes included the Consolidated B-24 Liberator , Lockheed P-38 Lightning , Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and experimental ...
Powered by a 1,150 hp (860 kW) Allison V-1710-17 (E2) engine and was fitted with a General Electric B-5 turbosupercharger, creating a two stage supercharging system similar to the P-38 (engine-mounted mechanical supercharger, remote exhaust-driven turbo-supercharger as a second stage for high-altitude). Aircraft remained unarmed.
After a visit to England mid-1941, General Henry H. Arnold was so impressed by flight demonstrations of the Gloster E.28/39 jet aircraft he had witnessed that he arranged for the Power Jets W.1X turbojet engine to be shipped by air to the U.S, along with drawings for the more powerful W.2B/23 engine, so that the US could develop its own jet engine.
General Electric Company, doing business as GE Aerospace, [5] is an American aircraft engine supplier that is headquartered in Evendale, Ohio, outside Cincinnati.It is the legal successor to the original General Electric Company founded in 1892, which split into three separate companies between November 2021 and April 2024, adopting the trade name GE Aerospace after divesting its healthcare ...
The General Electric/Allison J35 was the United States Air Force's first axial-flow (straight-through airflow) compressor jet engine. Originally developed by General Electric (GE company designation TG-180 ) in parallel with the Whittle -based centrifugal-flow J33 , the J35 was a fairly simple turbojet , consisting of an eleven-stage axial-flow ...