Constant-speed twin spool turboprop unit
AssigneeSociete Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation "S.N.E.C.M.A."
InventorJean Maurice Loisy
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Abstract
A constant-speed twin spool turboprop unit including a twin spool gas generator having a low-pressure spool and a high-pressure spool each including a compressor and a turbine which drives the compressor, is described in which at least one propeller of the unit is driven by at least the high-pressure spool of the gas generator.
Claims10
A constant-speed twin spool turboprop unit comprising a twin spool gas generator having a low-pressure spool and a high-pressure spool, and at least one propeller, said low-pressure spool including a low-pressure compressor, a low-pressure shaft and a low-pressure turbine which drives the low-pressure compressor via the low-pressure shaft, and said high-pressure spool including a high-pressure compressor, a high-pressure shaft and a high-pressure turbine which drives said high-pressure compressor via the high-pressure shaft, wherein at least one of said at least one propeller is driven by at least said high-pressure turbine via the high-pressure shaft.
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