Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft power plants – Mounting
Patent
1982-10-18
1985-07-30
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft power plants
Mounting
248554, B64D 2710
Patent
active
045316945
ABSTRACT:
A turbine engine drive and mounting assembly for a propeller-driven, fixed-wing aircraft includes an open support frame resiliently mounted to and cantilevered from an air frame portion of the aircraft. A gearbox is rigidly mounted to the free end of the open support frame and is adapted for mounting and driving a propeller. A turbine engine is positioned within the support frame in spaced relation to the gearbox. The turbine engine is suspended from a ring member of the support frame so as to enable expansion and contraction of the engine relative to the support frame and pivoting of the engine on the ring member for maintenance. The engine is drivingly connected to the gearbox through flexible couplings. High torque loads at the gearbox are transmitted through the support frame directly to the air frame, bypassing the engine.
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Descriptive Material: Figure 22.1 Allison Model 501-D13 turboprop engine (Allison Div. General Motors), p. 443.
Advertising Brochure: Soloy Turbine Conversions, by Soloy Conversions, Ltd.
News Articles: Rotor & Wing, 12/78, pp. 28-30, 35-36, On The Deck 12/80, p. 26.
News Releases by Soloy Conversions, Ltd.: Soloy to Introduce Turbine Conversions for the Pawnee Brave and Cessna 188, at NAAA '80; 10/15/80, 4.8 Million International Sales; 6/19/81.
Soloy Names New Japan Distributor; 9/3/81; Advertisements: Flyer Mail-Out, by Soloy Conversions, Ltd., 12/80.
Annual Report: Soloy Conversions, Ltd. Annual Report Mailed to Shareholders, 11/80, p. 3.
Barefoot Galen L.
Soloy Conversions, Ltd.
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