Freemasm
Well Known Member
Previous thread triggered some ancient memories. Does anyone remember the NASA GAP program? Continental won the development bid with a (2 stroke?) design. The specs called for Jet A fueled engine to be rated at 200HP at only 2400 RPM. The spec was also very aggressive in other areas such as repair/OH intervals, parts count, etc. This is all from memory so forgive any errors. There was also a turbine engine spec that I believe Williams International won.
Per the Continental engineer I spoke with at SnF a million years ago, if any OEM picked up the engine for their new product line then the engine would go into production. I doubt that was completely true since it has been relegated to the round file with many others.
Does anyone have any details? HP/Torque//RPM curves. actual performance numbers? History? The ultimate fatal flaw?
Anything would be appreciated. It looked so promising way back when.
Per the Continental engineer I spoke with at SnF a million years ago, if any OEM picked up the engine for their new product line then the engine would go into production. I doubt that was completely true since it has been relegated to the round file with many others.
Does anyone have any details? HP/Torque//RPM curves. actual performance numbers? History? The ultimate fatal flaw?
Anything would be appreciated. It looked so promising way back when.