De Havilland Goblin H-1 Turbojet Engine

Object Details

Physical Description: Type: Turbojet; Thrust: 13,344 N (3,000lb) at 10,200 rpm; Compressor: Single-stage centrifugal; Combustor: 16 straight-through-flow chambers; Turbine: Single-stage axial; Weight: 680 kg (1,500 lb)
Summary: Design of the de Havilland H-1 Goblin turbojet began in April 1941, and its first test flight, in March 1943, was also the maiden flight of the Gloster Meteor. In early 1943, a British delegation visited U.S. gas turbine manufacturers, revealed details of British research, and discussed the possibility of building the H-1 turbojet in the U.S. Allis-Chalmers was ultimately awarded a contract in 1944 for the construction of 40 H-1 engines, although the first American H-1 engines were imported in July 1943 for Navy development of the Curtiss XF15C airplane, which flew with an H-1 in its tail and a Pratt & Whitney R-2800 in the nose.; The Army Air Forces also used an H-1 engine as the power plant in the prototype XP-80, which first flew in January 1944. However, the P-80's H-1 engine was later replaced by the more powerful GE I-40 (J33) shortly before the end of World War II.

Credit Line: Transferred from the U.S. Navy, Naval Supply Center, Cheatham Annex, Williamsburg, Virginia

Circa 1945

Materials: HAZMAT: Possible Cadmium; Non-Magnetic White Metal; Ferrous Alloy; Rubber; Possible Asbestos; Wood; Plastic; Paper; Unidentified Coating; Paint; Copper Alloy; Adhesive Tape; Ink
Dimensions: 3-D: 281.9 × 123.2 × 137.2cm, 680.4kg (9 ft. 3 in. × 4 ft. 1/2 in. × 4 ft. 6 in., 1500lb.)

National Air and Space Museum

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