General Electric J47

The General Electric J47 was a turbojet engine, which was developed based on the General Electric J35 from the U.S. manufacturer General Electric. It had a twelve -stage axial compressor and a single stage turbine. Eight individual combustion chambers have been used. Also, an afterburner could be grown

The first flight test took place in May 1948. In September of the same year, a North American F -86, equipped with the J47 reached, a new world speed record. In addition to the F -86 A, D and E as well as the Navy version FJ -2, the engine in the XF - 91 Convair B-36, North American B-45, Boeing B -47 and Martin XB -51 was installed. By 1956, the series production ran, even with several licensees, a total of 30,000 units were produced.

In the Boeing KC -97, the engine remained until 1978 in the military service.

A variant of the engine, called the General Electric X -39 was used for experiments on nuclear-powered aircraft.

Specifications ( J47 -GE -25)

  • Compressor: zwölfstufig axially
  • Turbine: single-stage axial
  • Dimensions: length 3.66 m, diameter 0.933 m
  • Mass: 1220 kg
  • Thrust 25.8 kN
  • Maximum speed: 7950 min -1
  • Max. Operating altitude: 15,200 m
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