The Westinghouse J30, initially known as the Westinghouse 19XB, was a
turbojet engine
The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft. It consists of a gas turbine with a propelling nozzle. The gas turbine has an air inlet which includes inlet guide vanes, a compressor, a combustion chamber, and ...
developed by
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an American manufacturing company founded in 1886 by George Westinghouse. It was originally named "Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company" and was renamed "Westinghouse Electric Corporation" in ...
. It was the first American-designed turbojet to run, and only the second
axial-flow
An axial compressor is a gas compressor that can continuously pressurize gases. It is a rotating, airfoil-based compressor in which the gas or working fluid principally flows parallel to the axis of rotation, or axially. This differs from other ...
turbojet to run outside Germany (after the British
Metropolitan-Vickers F.2
The Metropolitan-Vickers F.2 is an early turbojet engine and the first British design to be based on an axial-flow compressor. It was an extremely advanced design for the era, using a nine-stage axial compressor, annular combustor, and a two- ...
).
A simple and robust unit with six-stage compressor, annular combustor, and single-stage turbine, it initially gave 1,200
pounds of thrust but improved to 1,600 in production versions. Its first flight was under a
FG Corsair in January 1944. It was developed into the smaller
J32, and the successful
Westinghouse J34
The Westinghouse J34, company designation Westinghouse 24C, was a turbojet engine developed by Westinghouse Aviation Gas Turbine Division in the late 1940s. Essentially an enlarged version of the earlier Westinghouse J30, the J34 produced 3,000 ...
, an enlarged version which produced 3,000 pounds of thrust.
Variants
;19A:Prototypes and initial production, boost engines
;19B:Increased mass flow version delivering at 18,000 rpm at sea level, added gearbox to allow engine to be a prime driver
;19XB-2B:Company designation for WE-20.
;XJ30-WE-7: for
Northrop X-4
;XJ30-WE-8: originally designated J43
;XJ30-WE-9: for
Northrop X-4
;J30-WE-20: production engines delivering thrust, Internal model 19XB-2B
Applications
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Convair XF-92
The Convair XF-92 (re-designated from XP-92 in 1948) was an American, delta wing, first-generation jet prototype. Originally conceived as a point-defence interceptor, the design was later used purely for experimental purposes and only one w ...
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McDonnell FH Phantom
The McDonnell FH Phantom is a twinjet fighter aircraft designed and first flown during World War II for the United States Navy. The Phantom was the first purely jet-powered aircraft to land on an American aircraft carrier and the first jet de ...
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Northrop XP-79
The Northrop XP-79, USAAF project number MX-365, was an ambitious design for a flying wing fighter aircraft, designed by Northrop. It had several notable design features; among these, the pilot would operate the aircraft from a lying position, ...
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Northrop X-4 Bantam
The Northrop X-4 Bantam was a prototype small twinjet aircraft manufactured by Northrop Corporation in 1948. It had no horizontal tail surfaces, depending instead on combined elevator and aileron control surfaces (called elevons) for control in ...
Specifications (Westinghouse 19A)
See also
Notes
References
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External links
Minijets website Westinghouse 19
{{USAF gas turbine engines
1940s turbojet engines
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