>
>>
>>>
>>>> The worst jet engine I ever experienced was the Continental on the
>>>> T-37 trainer. You moved the throttle and waited. Far worse than any
>>>>recip I've ever encountered, even with metal props. The basic problen
>>>>was that it had a single-stage compressor that was a casting.
>>>
>>>Yes, the Jet Provost Mk 3 had a similar problem. The idle-to-full power
>>>acceleration could take 16 seconds. That’s a good while if you’ve made
>>>a mess of an approach.
>>
>>
>> Those engines should have been limited to constant-speed applications,
>>like gas turbine compressors for ground equipment. The ones in the T-37
>>were made in the US by Continental, and they're known in the industry as
>>"centrifugal flow compressors".
>
>
>They were originally a French product from a company called Turbomecca
>something or other that I can neither pronounce nor spell. Made under
>license, as in those days the US government didn't like imported content in
>military things because they didn't want supply problems in time of war.
>
Ah, that I did not know. The starter turbine for the Concorde probably
had more power.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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