Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Wright Aeronautical
- Physical Description
- Type: Turboprop
- Power Rating: 4,451 kW (6,090 eshp) at 7,080 rpm
- Compressor: 3-stage centrifugal
- Combustor: Annular
- Turbine: 3-stage axial
- Weight: 2,699 kg (5,950 lb)
- Summary
- In 1945 Curtiss-Wright received a contract from the Army Air Forces for the XT35 turboprop engine, and Boeing was awarded a study contract for a long-range heavy bomber designated XB-52. Boeing initially proposed a straight-wing bomber powered by six Wright T35s, and then later revised the design to incorporate only four-more powerful-T35 engines.
- Curtiss-Wright delivered six XT35-W-1 engines in late 1948. One was test flown in the nose of a Boeing EB-17G bomber and proved more powerful than the bomber's combined four standard reciprocating engines. However, the Air Force dropped the straight-wing, turboprop bomber design and decided instead to produce the now famous, swept-wing B-52 powered by Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet engines. With no applications found for the XT35, and it never qualified for military application.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the U.S. Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
- 1948
- Inventory Number
- A19600248000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Turbines (Jet)
- Dimensions
- Length 386 cm (152.0 in.), Diameter 150 cm (59.0 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19600248000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv95033023b-af98-4709-b857-f76d2a196eae
