Westinghouse J34

J34 at the Pacific Coast Air Museum in Santa Rosa, California (air intake on the right)

The Westinghouse J34 is a turbojet jet engine that was developed in the late 1940s. It emerged from the J30 and became known through its use in various experimental aircraft.

The J34 works with an eleven-stage compressor unit , a two-stage turbine and a non-adjustable exhaust nozzle. In later versions, the engines were also equipped with an afterburner .

Allegedly, the designation J45 was initially used for the variant XJ34-WE-4. However, there is only one available source for this assumption.

The boat with which Australian Ken Warby set the world speed record on October 8, 1978 , was equipped with a J34-WE-34.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
Manufacturer	Westinghouse Aviation Gas Turbine Division
execution	J34-WE-22	J34-WE-34
thrust	13.4 k N	15.6 kN (without afterburner) 22.3 kN (with afterburner)
Dimensions	544 kg	544 kg
Maximum turbine speed	12,500 min -1	12,500 min -1

Web links

Commons : Westinghouse J34  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andreas Parsch: Designations of US Military Aero Engines