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The design is a four-cylinder, two-stroke, piston diesel engine, in an inverted-V configuration, with turbocharging and supercharging, mechanical fuel injection, liquid cooling, direct drive. It can run on Jet-A or sustainable aviation fuel .
Velocity, Inc. is an American kit aircraft manufacturer. The company was founded in 1984 by Danny Maher, marketing a four-seat homebuilt aircraft based on the Long-EZ design. The first prototype flew in 1985.
GE Transportation is the largest producer of diesel–electric locomotives for both freight and passenger applications in North America, believed to hold up to a 70% market share of that market. [3] The only other significant competitor is Caterpillar-owned Electro-Motive Diesel, holding an approximate 30% market share. [4]
In 1962 GM's Electro-Motive Division (EMD), which had its own marketing and service infrastructure from its years in the locomotive business, took over the production and marketing of large diesel engines formerly produced by the Cleveland Diesel Engine Division. [2] In 1965 GMDD was absorbed by the General Motors Detroit Diesel Engine Division ...
Gear retraction of a Velocity on takeoff. The Velocity XL is 12 in (310 mm) longer and has a 20 in (510 mm) greater span than the SE. [3] The standard XL has a cruising range of 875 nautical miles (1,620 km; 1,007 mi) and a 75% power cruising speed of 185 knots (213 mph; 343 km/h) air speed.
The ancestor of Detroit Diesel was the Winton Engine Company, founded by Alexander Winton in 1912; Winton Engine began producing diesel engines in fall 1913. After Charles F. Kettering purchased two Winton diesels for his yacht, General Motors acquired the company in 1930 along with Electro Motive Company, Winton's primary client.
Data from The Instrumentation Design And Control of a T63-A-700 Gas Turbine Engine General characteristics Type: Turboshaft Length: 40.5 in (1,029 mm) Diameter: 22.5 in (572 mm) Dry weight: 138.5 lb (63 kg) dry Components Compressor: 6-stage axial + 1-stage centrifugal compressors Combustors: Single can combustion chamber Turbine: 2-stage axial gas generator power turbine + 2-stage axial free ...