top | item 38409987 (no title) Phrenzy | 2 years ago No. The Q's ran on JP-7. They had the turbojet engines, while most other tankers had turbofans. discuss order hn newest z303|2 years ago The Q like most early KC-135 used used Turbojets(J57) later upgraded to Turbofans (CFM56) as the TJ57: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_J57CFM56: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFM_International_CFM56As far as I know only the A-12 family and the X-51 used JP-7 given it needed Triethylborane (TEB) to ignite.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JP-7https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TriethylboraneMore on the KC-135Q/Thttps://www.blackbirds.net/tankers/kc135q.htmlhttp://www.habu.org/kc-135q/kc135q.html
z303|2 years ago The Q like most early KC-135 used used Turbojets(J57) later upgraded to Turbofans (CFM56) as the TJ57: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_J57CFM56: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFM_International_CFM56As far as I know only the A-12 family and the X-51 used JP-7 given it needed Triethylborane (TEB) to ignite.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JP-7https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TriethylboraneMore on the KC-135Q/Thttps://www.blackbirds.net/tankers/kc135q.htmlhttp://www.habu.org/kc-135q/kc135q.html
z303|2 years ago
J57: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_J57
CFM56: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFM_International_CFM56
As far as I know only the A-12 family and the X-51 used JP-7 given it needed Triethylborane (TEB) to ignite.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JP-7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triethylborane
More on the KC-135Q/T
https://www.blackbirds.net/tankers/kc135q.html
http://www.habu.org/kc-135q/kc135q.html