GB720394A - Improvements relating to aircraft and aircraft engine installations - Google Patents

Improvements relating to aircraft and aircraft engine installations

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Publication number
GB720394A
GB720394A GB1939651A GB1939651A GB720394A GB 720394 A GB720394 A GB 720394A GB 1939651 A GB1939651 A GB 1939651A GB 1939651 A GB1939651 A GB 1939651A GB 720394 A GB720394 A GB 720394A
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Prior art keywords
engine
slave units
fuel
gas turbine
aircraft
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Expired
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GB1939651A
Inventor
Alan Arnold Griffith
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Rolls Royce PLC
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Rolls Royce PLC
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Priority to GB1939651A priority Critical patent/GB720394A/en
Priority to FR1065631D priority patent/FR1065631A/en
Priority to CH308179D priority patent/CH308179A/en
Publication of GB720394A publication Critical patent/GB720394A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C29/00—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft
    • B64C29/0091—Accessories not provided for elsewhere
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C29/00—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft
    • B64C29/0008—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded
    • B64C29/0041—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded the lift during taking-off being created by jet motors
    • B64C29/0075—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded the lift during taking-off being created by jet motors the motors being tiltable relative to the fuselage
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02C—GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F02C7/00—Features, components parts, details or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart form groups F02C1/00 - F02C6/00; Air intakes for jet-propulsion plants
    • F02C7/22—Fuel supply systems
    • F02C7/228—Dividing fuel between various burners
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02C—GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F02C7/00—Features, components parts, details or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart form groups F02C1/00 - F02C6/00; Air intakes for jet-propulsion plants
    • F02C7/32—Arrangement, mounting, or driving, of auxiliaries
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02K—JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F02K1/00—Plants characterised by the form or arrangement of the jet pipe or nozzle; Jet pipes or nozzles peculiar thereto
    • F02K1/002—Plants characterised by the form or arrangement of the jet pipe or nozzle; Jet pipes or nozzles peculiar thereto with means to modify the direction of thrust vector
    • F02K1/008—Plants characterised by the form or arrangement of the jet pipe or nozzle; Jet pipes or nozzles peculiar thereto with means to modify the direction of thrust vector in any rearward direction
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23R—GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
    • F23R3/00—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel
    • F23R3/42—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel characterised by the arrangement or form of the flame tubes or combustion chambers
    • F23R3/46—Combustion chambers comprising an annular arrangement of several essentially tubular flame tubes within a common annular casing or within individual casings
    • F23R3/48—Flame tube interconnectors, e.g. cross-over tubes

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Output Control And Ontrol Of Special Type Engine (AREA)
  • Supercharger (AREA)

Abstract

720,394. Gas turbine plant. ROLLS-ROYCE, Ltd. July 21, 1952 [Aug. 16, 1951], No. 19396/51. Class 110 (3). [Also in Group XXXIII] An aircraft comprises an aircraft wing structure, a plurality of gas turbine reaction propulsion slave units spaced spanwise of the wing structure, auxiliary equipment including one or more fuel pumps connected to supply fuel to the slave units, at least one master combustion engine unit arranged to drive said auxiliary equipment, and means to control said master unit independently of said slave units. The fuselage houses a fuel tank 23 and an engine unit 11, shown as a by-pass gas turbine engine, and each wing houses a plurality of gas turbine engines 14 referred to as slave units. The engine 11 drives its own fuel pump 25 which supplies fuel to a manifold 22 via a shut-off cock 28 and a throttle 27 and also fuel pumps 29 which supply the slave units via throttles 35, shut-off cocks 36 and pipes 38. For starting purposes, air is tapped from the compressor of the engine 11 and supplied to the inboard engine of each bank of slave units through pipes 40 and 43. Each inboard engine is provided also with electrical igniter devices 46, and when these engines have started, air is tapped from their compressors to the adjacent units through ducts 44, firing being achieved by interconnecting the combustion chambers of adjacent units. The engines of each bank are connected in this manner in series so that starting of each inboard unit will result in sequential starting of the remainder.
GB1939651A 1951-08-16 1951-08-16 Improvements relating to aircraft and aircraft engine installations Expired GB720394A (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB1939651A GB720394A (en) 1951-08-16 1951-08-16 Improvements relating to aircraft and aircraft engine installations
FR1065631D FR1065631A (en) 1951-08-16 1952-08-11 Improvements in aerodyne and aerodyne engine installations
CH308179D CH308179A (en) 1951-08-16 1952-08-15 Plane.

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GB1939651A GB720394A (en) 1951-08-16 1951-08-16 Improvements relating to aircraft and aircraft engine installations

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GB720394A true GB720394A (en) 1954-12-22

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FR (1) FR1065631A (en)
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Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2843340A (en) * 1955-01-12 1958-07-15 Wibault Michel Henri Ma Joseph Jet aircraft
US2964267A (en) * 1955-09-28 1960-12-13 Power Jets Res & Dev Ltd Aircraft engine fuel systems
US2964264A (en) * 1956-01-27 1960-12-13 Martin Co Power flap for aircraft
US2986877A (en) * 1957-03-07 1961-06-06 Paul C Emmons Rotatable afterburners for jet aircraft
GB2266561A (en) * 1992-04-30 1993-11-03 Snecma Variable cycle turbojet combination.
GB2402660A (en) * 2003-06-11 2004-12-15 Rolls Royce Plc Aircraft propulsion arrangement with a large number of small propulsive assemblies
EP3998194A1 (en) * 2021-02-19 2022-05-18 Lilium eAircraft GmbH Wing assembly for an aircraft
WO2022175071A1 (en) * 2021-02-19 2022-08-25 Lilium Eaircraft Gmbh Wing assembly for an aircraft

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3026065A (en) * 1956-07-10 1962-03-20 Jr Raymond Prunty Holland Supersonic vertical-rising aircraft
US3064923A (en) * 1958-05-02 1962-11-20 Daimler Benz Ag Gas turbine propulsion plant and an airplane equipped therewith
FR2883840A1 (en) * 2005-03-31 2006-10-06 Noel Gil Propulsive unit for aircraft, has muffler, and compressed air reservoir that allows input of compressed air on impact surface via small holes pierced on cylinder and that produces one strike of compressed air per second from water hammers

Cited By (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2843340A (en) * 1955-01-12 1958-07-15 Wibault Michel Henri Ma Joseph Jet aircraft
US2964267A (en) * 1955-09-28 1960-12-13 Power Jets Res & Dev Ltd Aircraft engine fuel systems
US2964264A (en) * 1956-01-27 1960-12-13 Martin Co Power flap for aircraft
US2986877A (en) * 1957-03-07 1961-06-06 Paul C Emmons Rotatable afterburners for jet aircraft
GB2266561A (en) * 1992-04-30 1993-11-03 Snecma Variable cycle turbojet combination.
GB2266561B (en) * 1992-04-30 1995-06-14 Snecma Variable cycle propulsion unit for aircraft
GB2402660A (en) * 2003-06-11 2004-12-15 Rolls Royce Plc Aircraft propulsion arrangement with a large number of small propulsive assemblies
GB2402660B (en) * 2003-06-11 2005-08-17 Rolls Royce Plc Propulsion arrangement
US7364118B2 (en) 2003-06-11 2008-04-29 Rolls-Royce Plc Propulsion arrangement
EP3998194A1 (en) * 2021-02-19 2022-05-18 Lilium eAircraft GmbH Wing assembly for an aircraft
WO2022175071A1 (en) * 2021-02-19 2022-08-25 Lilium Eaircraft Gmbh Wing assembly for an aircraft

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FR1065631A (en) 1954-05-28
CH308179A (en) 1955-06-30

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