AERONAUTICS? " FUELS FOR JET AIRCRAFT (PROJECT U p)

of Aeronautics, Department of the Navy, seeking a high-energy fuel suit-able for turbo jet-powered aircraft. ThFs work includes the?. " and com-bustion properties, experiments w L t h combustors designed to use baron cowounds, evaluation of boron fuels in fu l l- sca le tu rbo jets with and conibustion of pentaborane has been demonstrated i n a turbojet, an a f t e r-sumption have generally been obtained. Total running times have been quite brief. 7 " without afterburners, and ram-jet flights on boron fuels. Satisfactory 2 burner, and a ram jet. The anticipated reductions in specific fuel con-U The intention of t h i s r epor t I s t o review NACA par t ic ipa t ion in PrUJect Zip, a Bureau of Aeronautics, Department of the N a v y project on high-energy fuels for a i rc raf t. Pro jec t Zip itself is a search f o r a turbojet fuel with a heeting value at least 30 percent higher than current Jet fuels. Thfs fuel should have chemical, physical, and toxi