General Electric F101

The F -101 engine of General Electric is a military turbofan engine which is equipped with an augmentor. It was the first engine from General Electric, which was equipped with this type afterburner.

It is used in the Rockwell B -1, where the heavy long-range bomber has four of these engines.

The engine was introduced in 1970, but adjusted by the end of the original B- 1 program in 1977. With the modified B-1B, the program was resumed in 1983. From the F101 -GE -102 engine 1987 469 units were produced between 1983 and December.

A derivative of this engine is the General Electric F110. It also served as the basis for the CFM56.

Specifications

• Fan stages: 2
• Compressor stages: 9
• Low pressure turbine stage 2
• High-pressure turbine stage: 1
• Engine diameter: 1397 mm
• Length: 4597 mm
• Weight: 1996 kg
• Compressor pressure ratio: 26.8
• Air mass flow rate: 159 kg / s
• In addition to power ratio: 2:1
• Thrust: 137 kN with afterburner