Westinghouse J34

Development

Built in an era of rapidly advancing gas turbine engine technology, the J34 was largely obsolete before it saw service, and often served as an interim engine. For instance, the Douglas X-3 Stiletto was equipped with two J34 engines when the intended Westinghouse J46 engine proved to be unsuitable. The Stiletto was developed to investigate the design of an aircraft at sustained supersonic speeds. However, equipped with the J34 instead of its intended engines, it was seriously underpowered and could not exceed Mach 1 in level flight.

Developed during the transition from piston-engined aircraft to jets, the J34 was sometimes fitted to aircraft as a supplement to other powerplants, as with the Lockheed P-2 Neptune and Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket (fitted with radial piston engines and a rocket engine, respectively).

The afterburner was developed by Solar Aircraft, the first U.S. company to produce a practical afterburner.

Variants

Thrust given in foot-pounds (lbf) and kilonewtons (kN).

;J34-WE-2: 3000 lbf ;XJ34-WE-4: 3000 lbf, originally designated J45 ;XJ34-WE-7: 3000 lbf ;J34-WE-11: Similar to -42 with short afterburner ;J34-WE-13: 3000 lbf ;J34-WE-15: 3000 lbf, with short afterburner, similar to -42 ;J34-WE-15: 4100 lbf ;J34-WE-17: 3370 lbf / 4850 lbf with long afterburner, similar to -42 ;J34-WE-19: 3250 lbf ;J34-WE-22: (24C-4B) 3000 lbf ;J34-WE-30: (24C-4C) 3150 lbf / 4200 lbf with afterburner ;J34-WE-30A: 3150 lbf / 4200 lbf with afterburner ;J34-WE-32: 3370 lbf / 4900 lbf with long afterburner, similar to -42 ;J34-WE-34: (24C-4D) 3250 lbf ;J34-WE-34A: 3000 lbf ;J34-WE-36: (24C-4E) 3400 lbf ;J34-WE-36A: 3400 lbf ;J34-WE-38: 3800 lbf ;J34-WE-40: 3000 lbf ;J34-WE-42: 3400 lbf / 4200 lbf with afterburner ;J34-WE-46: 3400 lbf ;J34-WE-48: Single stage turbine. Contract awarded 1959 ;W-340:Commercial version of the WE-36 ;24C-4B: company designation for WE-22. ;24C-4C: company designation for WE-30. ;24C-4D: company designation for WE-34. ;24C-8: company designation for WE-32.

Applications

Aircraft

• Convair F2Y Sea Dart
• Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk
• Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket
• Douglas F3D Skyknight
• Douglas X-3 Stiletto
• Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (civilian variant modification)
• Grumman OV-1A - Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics
• Lockheed P-2E/G/H Neptune
• Lockheed XF-90
• McDonnell 119/220 (prototype only)
• McDonnell F2H Banshee
• McDonnell XF-85 Goblin
• McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo
• North American T-2A Buckeye
• Ryan XFR-4 Fireball
• Vought F6U Pirate
• Vought F7U Cutlass

Others

• Shockwave jet truck
• Snowzilla snow remover
• Spirit of Australia jet boat

Engines on display

• A Westinghouse J34 is on public display at the Aerospace Museum of California.

Specifications (J34-WE-36)

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References

Notes

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• Roux, Élodie. Turbofan and Turbojet Engines: Database Handbook. Raleigh, North Carolina: Éditions Élodie Roux, 2007. .

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