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From: gardiner@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (David Gardiner)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Jet Engines
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Date: 20 Sep 89 07:46:32 GMT
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From: gardiner@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (David Gardiner)
>[The cruise missile engine is] a turbojet [and] can be bought in a 
>derated form from (I believe) Williams Intl.  for general aviation use.

From the display at the Air Force museum in Dayton, I understand that
the cruise missile engine uses a special, high energy density fuel.
Can the same engine run on more conventional fuels?  Has anyone ever
tried building an aircraft around one?  I would assume that a mass
produced engine like that would be relatively inexpensive (for a jet).
Are the engines built to last, be maintained, etc.?  Or are they built
(as I would expect) to be disposable?

David Gardiner
U of MN CSci Dept.