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The Allison J71 turbojet powered the Douglas B-66 Destroyer and the McDonnell F3H-2 Demon after the failed Westinghouse J40 proved unworkable. The prototype P6M-1 SeaMasters were also fitted with the engine.
XF3H-1 prototype on USS Coral Sea in 1953 The first F3H-1N in 1954. Although the existence of the Soviet Union's Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 jet fighter program was unknown to U.S. intelligence at the time, the United States Navy anticipated the appearance of high-performance Soviet jet fighters, and issued requirements for a high-performance swept wing naval fighter on 21 May 1948. [6]
The J40 was designed to deliver twice the thrust of engines currently in service, allowing the J40-WE-8 with afterburner to power many of the new Navy carrier-based fighters with a single engine. These included the Grumman XF10F Jaguar variable-sweep wing general-purpose fighter, the McDonnell F3H Demon and Douglas F4D Skyray interceptors ...
The McDonnell Aircraft Corporation was an American aerospace manufacturer based in St. Louis, Missouri.The company was founded on July 6, 1939, by James Smith McDonnell, and was best known for its military fighters, including the F-4 Phantom II, and crewed spacecraft including the Mercury capsule and Gemini capsule.
The XF4H-1 was designed to carry four semi-recessed AAM-N-6 Sparrow III radar-guided missiles, and to be powered by two J79-GE-8 engines. As in the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, the engines sat low in the fuselage to maximize internal fuel capacity and ingested air through fixed geometry intakes.
The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 has arrived as the final gasoline-powered Mopar muscle car. Thanks to a revised take on the Demon powertrain, the 170 is good for 1025 hp and sub-2 second 0-60 ...
The F-101 was derived from the XF-88 (which truly looks like an anemic one-oh-wonder, something the Demon doesn't much even resemble) which first flew in 1948 (development beginning in 1946). Since development work on the Demon didn't begin until 1949 according to this fine article, it would have been a neat trick for the Voodoo to retain much ...
Couldn't get your hands on the ethanol-fueled production car? Direct Connection will soon sell its 1000-plus-hp engine. Dodge Challenger Demon 170 Crate Engine Can Be Yours for $28K