General Electric YJ101

The General Electric YJ101 was an afterburning turbojet engine, as signified by its "J" designation, in the 15,000 lbf class. It was designed for the Northrop P-530 Cobra[1] but its initial application was the Northrop YF-17 entry in the Lightweight Fighter (LWF) competition. It was subsequently developed into the widely used General Electric F404.

YJ101
YJ101
Type Turbojet
National origin United States
Manufacturer General Electric Aircraft Engines
Major applications Northrop YF-17
Developed into General Electric F404

Two essential requirements for the engine were reliability, which can be measured by the number of times a particular engine model has to be shutdown during flight (in-flight shut-down rate), and handling, which means stall-free operation throughout the flight envelope together with allowing the pilot to make unrestricted throttle movements anywhere between idle and maximum afterburner.[2]

The engine used continuous bypass bleed from the compressor to cool the afterburner liner and nozzle. The bypass air was not mixed with hot air from the turbine[3] as the afterburner was a simple turbojet style with no requirement for intentional mixing of the bypass flow with the turbine exhaust.[4] However, mixing is an important requirement for turbofan engines.

Applications

Specifications (YJ101)

Data from [5]

General characteristics

  • Type: afterburning turbojet with continuous bypass bleed
  • Length: 3.683m
  • Diameter: 826mm
  • Dry weight: 862kg

Components

Performance

See also

Related development

Related lists

References
  1. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1975-76, ISBN 0 531 03250 7 p.747
  2. Flight International, 14 April 1984, F404: Fighter pilot's engine, p.1021
  3. Flight International, 21 August 1978, "F-18: US Navy Air Combat Fighter", p.262
  4. https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.1974-936
  5. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1975-76, ISBN 0 531 03250 7 p.748
  • Spick, Mike (2000). The Great Book of Modern Warplanes. Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7603-0893-4.
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