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The General Electric CJ610 is a non-afterburning turbojet engine derived from the military J85, and is used on a number of civilian business jets.The model has logged over 16.5 million hours of operation.
At the end of World War II, the Bristol Engine Company's major effort was the development of the Hercules and Centaurus radial piston engines. By the end of 1946, the company had only 10 hours of turbojet experience with a small experimental engine called the Phoebus which was the gas generator or core of the Proteus turboprop then in development. [6]
The Rolls-Royce Gnome is a British turboshaft engine originally developed by the de Havilland Engine Company as a licence-built General Electric T58, an American mid-1950s design. [1]
PW610F fan, human hand for scale in inset. The 2,500 lbf (11 kN) thrust PW625F demonstrator engine was first run on 31 October 2001. [1] It flew in late 2002. [2]In 2002, the PW610F was selected for the Eclipse 500 twinjet, replacing the EJ22 as Williams was unable to reach sufficient reliability.
As for the four-cylinder engines, the Dover and Dorset variations share a displacement. They can be distinguished by the Dover's higher specifications, with an aluminium rather than a pressed steel manifold, straight-cut gears, and larger ports in the head. The engine code is also different, 2711 for the Dorset and 2722E for the Dover. [2]
L-610M Basic variant with Walter M602 engines. L-610G / Ayres 7000 Variant with General Electric XT7-9D engines. L-610 MPA Proposed Anti-submarine warfare variant. TVRS-44 44-seat Russian variant proposed by Ural aviation plant UZGA, powered by 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) Klimov TV7-117 turbprops of the Ilyushin Il-114-300 from Russia’s United Engine Corporation to replace Antonov An-24s, An-26s and ...
The Gulfstream G650 is a large business jet produced by Gulfstream Aerospace. [3] The model is designated Gulfstream GVI in its type certificate. [4] The aircraft can be configured to carry from 11 to 18 passengers over a range of 7,000 nautical miles [nmi] (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at a top speed of Mach 0.925 (530.6 kn; 982.7 km/h; 610.6 mph).
Rolls-Royce Eagle engines at Derby in 1919. Development of the new 20 litre engine was led by Henry Royce from his home in Kent.Based initially on the 7.4 litre 40/50 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost engine, and drawing also on the design of a 7.2 litre Daimler DF80 aero engine used in a 1913 Grand Prix Mercedes that had been acquired, [2] the power was increased by doubling the number of cylinders to ...