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HP COMPRESSOR SPEED [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
CONT

JT8D-17 Series Engine Compressor Failures ... Cockpit indications revealed rapidly declining N1 (low-pressure compressor) and N2 (high-pressure compressor) readings on the number 1 engine gauges.

OBS

N2; N3: N3 refers to high pressure compressor speed (Civil Aeronautics Administration) on a 2-shaft engine, it is N2 that is used to refer to this speed.

Key term(s)
  • high-pressure compressor RPM
  • HP compressor RPM
  • high pressure compressor speed
  • high-pressure compressor speed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
OBS

Pour un moteur double corps, N2 correspond au régime du compresseur haute pression; sur le Lockheed 1011, c'est N3 qui désigne ce régime.

OBS

régime du compresseur haute pression; N2; N3 : terme et abréviations uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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