NASA IS DEVELOPING FUTURE PROPULSION SYSTEMS AND IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY WITH THIS PINT-SIZED JET ENGINE

The Debrief ^ | APRIL 29, 2024 | Micah Hanks

[Red Badger]

Aviation Ping!......................

[ClearCase_guy]

The aliens are giving us the good tech.

But what do they get in return?

[cymbeline]

This engine is a miniature used for testing designs more cheaply than putting them into a full-size engine.

[Red Badger]

ingredients for a casserole.......................

[DesertRhino]

So basically, NASA has brought us right in the 1958? Look at the T 58 engine used in the CH 46 helicopter. It’s 55 inches long, 16 inches wide and weighs 250 pounds. This breakthrough engine they have now isn’t much different.

[Red Badger]

But this one will be the product of diversity and not old white guys!................

[Texas Fossil]

NASA?

Take lessons from Elon Musk.

[CodeToad]

Promises that we will never travel in their direction.

[Ed Condon]

There are thousands of “pint sized “ T-700 General Electric turbo shaft engines flying in thousands of helicopters.

[NorthMountain]

used for testing designs

A fact which will be lost on the majority of posters on this thread.

[al baby]

bravo sir well played

[DesertRhino]

LOL.... I only hope it help the self esteem of the moslems and female engineers.

[DesertRhino]

There is nothing special about that size of a jet engine. Ones that size have been around for at least 65 years. And we are all well aware of scalability.

[Nachoman]

The aliens are giving us the good tech. But what do they get in return?,

Ask anyone who has experienced an anal probe.

[353FMG]

But it is a fossil fuel that makes it possible.

[NorthMountain]

There is nothing special about that size of a jet engine.

You're missing that this particular engine is used for testing design concepts, not for powering aircraft.

And we are all well aware of scalability.

And that is the whole point of using this small-scale TEST engine to develop engine design concepts that can be scaled up to airliner size engines.

[Brilliant]

570 lbs of thrust? Typical jet engine produces 10,000 lbs thrust. So I can see why it’s quiet.

[CFIIIMEIATP737]

This engine is the same size as the Williams FJ44 that can be found on several small jets today.

[Sirius Lee]

570 lbs of thrust?

Not enough to launch Rob Reiner into the Sun, so that's a bit of a disappointment.