Allison T38

T38

The McDonnell XF-88B with a T38 turboprop in the nose
Type	Turboshaft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Allison Engine Company
Major applications	CV-240-21 Turboliner McDonnell XF-88B
Variants	Allison T40
Developed into	Allison T56

The Allison T38 (company Model 501) was an early large turboprop engine developed by Allison Engine Company during the late 1940s. The T38 became the basis for the very successful family of Allison T56 turboprop engine.^[1]

Design and development

The T38 started life with a 19-stage axial compressor, eight can type combustion chambers, a 4-stage turbine driving the compressor and the extension shaft to the reduction gearbox.^[2] ^[2]

Initially rated at 2,000 shp (1,491.40 kW) the T38 first ran in 1947 and flew in the nose of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress test-bed on 19 April 1949, rated at 2,250 shp (1,677.82 kW). Problems with gearbox vibration and combustion were dealt with during the test programme and were mirrored by problems in the T40 programme. The engines fitted to the Convair CV-240-21 Turboliner were rated to 2,750shp.^[2]

Although the only aircraft slated to receive the T38 as a production engine, the Convair T-29E, was cancelled, the T38 did power a converted Convair CV-240 (the CV-240-21 Turboliner, a project that would be abandoned due to engine problems), and was fitted in the nose of the McDonnell XF-88B to drive experimental supersonic propellers. Further development of the T38 provided the power sections for the Allison T40 as well as forming the basis for the Allison T56/Model 501 and the projected Allison T39.^[2]

Derivatives

T39

A projected 9,000 shp (6,711.30 kW) development of the T38 which was cancelled before hardware had been produced.

T40

A 4,100 shp (3,057.37 kW) turboprop derivative composed of two T38s driving a common gearbox.^[2]

Applications

Specifications (T38)

General characteristics

Type: Turboprop
Length:
Diameter:
Dry weight:

Components

Compressor:

Performance

Maximum power output:
Power-to-weight ratio:

References

↑ Gunston Jet, pp. 204-5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kay, Anthony L. (2007). Turbojet History and Development 1930-1960 vol.2 (1st ed.). Ramsbury: The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-86126-939-3.

Gunston, Bill (2006). The Development of Jet and Turbine Aero Engines, 4th Edition. Sparkford, Somerset, England, UK: Patrick Stephens, Haynes Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-4477-3.
Leyes II, Richard A.; William A. Fleming (1999). The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 1-56347-332-1.

Allison Engine Company aircraft engines

V engines	VG-1410 V-1710 V-3420 X-4520

Turbojets	J33 J35 J71 J102

Turbofans	AE 3007 AR.168R† TF41

Turboprops/Turboshafts	250/T63 AE 2100 T38 T40 T54 T56 T406 T701

Propfan	578-DX†

† Joint development aeroengines

United States military gas turbine aircraft engine designation system

Turbojets	J30 J31 J32 J33 J34 J35 J36 J37 XJ38 J39 J40 XJ41 J42 J43 J44 J45 J46 J47 J48 XJ49 J51 J52 J53 J54 J55 J56 J57 J58 J59 J60 J61 J63 J65 J67 J69 J71 J73 J75 J79 J81 J83 J85 J87 J89 J91 YJ93 J95 J97 J99 J100 YJ101 J102 J400 J401 J402 J403 J700

Turboprops/ Turboshafts	T30 T31 T33 T34 T35 T36 T37 T38 T39 T40 T41 T42 T43 T44 T45 T46 T47 T48 T49 T50 T51 T52 T53 T54 T55 T56 T57 T58 T60 T61 T62 T63 T64 T65 T66 T67 T68 T69 T70 T71 T72 T73 T74 T76 T78 T80 T100 T101 T400 T405 T406 T407 T408 T700 T701 T702 T703 T706 T708 T800

Turbofans	TF30 TF31 TF32 TF33 TF34 TF35 TF37 TF39 TF41 F100 F101 F102 F103 F104 F105 F106 F107 F108 F109 F110 F112 F113 F117 F118 F119 YF120 F121 F122 F124 F125 F126 F127 F128 F129 F135 F136 F137 F138 F400 F401 F402 F404 F405 F408 F412 F414 F415

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