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    The Allison T56 is an American single-shaft, modular design military turboprop with a 14-stage axial flow compressor driven by a four-stage turbine. It...
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    The Allison T56 turboprop engine has been developed extensively throughout its production run, the many variants are described by the manufacturer as...
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    late 1940s. The T38 became the basis for the very successful family of Allison T56 turboprop engine. Developed as a stand-alone single section of the T40...
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    for large aircraft was the introduction of a turboprop powerplant, the Allison T56 which was developed for the C-130. It gave the aircraft greater range...
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  • T56 or T-56 may refer to: Allison T56, a turboprop aircraft engine Borg-Warner T-56 transmission, an automotive transmission Cooper T56, a British racing...
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    2100D2/D2A, AE 2100D3, AE 2100J and AE 2100P. The AE 2100 inherited the Allison T56's 14-stage axial compressor design, but the inlet and the stator for...
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    engines based on the T56 configuration was developed, culminating in the T406/Allison AE1107 turboshaft for the V-22 Osprey, the Allison AE2100 turboprop...
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    overhauled to extend their operational life in 1973. Powered by two Allison T56 turboprop engines, the C-2A can deliver up to 10,000 pounds (4,500 kg)...
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    Navy and Allison signed a formal contract on 2 May 1986, and the first engine to test ran six months after. The T406 is based on the Allison T56 turboprop...
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    T40, but this work was soon overtaken by the Allison T56 / Allison 501-D and development was cancelled. T56 (Model 501-D) Successful development of the...
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  • 1954–present Allison T56 "501-D" (also produced by Rolls-Royce) 1954–present Allison T56 "501-D" (also produced by Rolls-Royce) 1960s–present Allison 250 (also...
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    turboprop and turbojet power. The technology of Allison's earlier T38 design evolved into the Allison T56, used to power the Lockheed Electra airliner,...
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    airframe-production technique enhancements.[citation needed] The Orion has four Allison T56 turboprops, which give it a top speed of 411 knots (761 km/h; 473 mph)...
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    takeoff weight: 57,500 lb (26,082 kg) Powerplant: 2 × Allison/Rolls-Royce T56-A-427 (E-2C), T56-A-427A (E-2D) turboprop, 5,100 shp (3,800 kW) each Performance...
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    (33,112 kg) Max takeoff weight: 135,000 lb (61,235 kg) Powerplant: 4 × Allison T56-14 turboprops, 4,500 shp (3,400 kW) each Performance Cruise speed: 250 kn...
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    HC-130P standard. Overall similar to HC-130E except for more powerful Allison T56-A-15 engines. 30 are built as of July 1977. HC-130P Combat King Extended...
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  • Thumbnail for Allison Model 250
    The Allison Model 250, now known as the Rolls-Royce M250, (US military designations T63 and T703) is a highly successful turboshaft engine family, originally...
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    capacity: 61,364 lb (27,834 kg) (with external tanks) Powerplant: 4 × Allison T56 and Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3 turboprop engines, 4,637 shp (3,458 kW) each...
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    Super Hercules to be delivered by 1962, to be powered by four 6,000 eshp Allison T56 turboprops. Slick Airways was to receive 6 such aircraft later in 1962...
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    supplanted by equivalent (and superior) powered turboprops (such as the Allison T56). Its main rival was the twin-row, 18-cylinder, nearly 3,350 cu in (54...
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    addition to structural modifications, Japan received thirty overhauled Allison T56-A-16 engines and digital cockpit upgrades to include a digital GPS. Regeneration...
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    turned over to the reserve forces. The WC-130Bs were powered by four Allison T56-A-7A turboprop engines rated at 4,050 shaft horsepower (3,020 kW), had...
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    000 lb (70,307 kg) Fuel capacity: around 100000 liters Powerplant: 4 × Allison T56-A-15 turboprop engines, 4,591 shp (3,424 kW) each Propellers: 4-bladed...
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    07 kW/kg (1.87 shp/lb) (equivalent take-off power) Comparable engines Allison T56 Bristol Proteus General Electric T64 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100 Rolls-Royce...
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    Related development Lycoming T53 Lycoming ALF502 Comparable engines Allison T56 Bristol Proteus Napier Eland Rolls-Royce Tyne Related lists List of aircraft...
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    removals on the T56 historically were caused by failures of accessories. Instead of the six accessory drives used on the T56, the PW-Allison propfan would...
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    The Allison V-1710 aircraft engine designed and produced by the Allison Engine Company was the only US-developed V-12 liquid-cooled engine to see service...
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    fuel in one fuselage tank and four wing integral tanks Powerplant: 4 × Allison T56-A-14-LFE turboprop engines, 4,909 hp (3,661 kW) each Propellers: 4-bladed...
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    Because the AE 2100 engines were more powerful and fuel-efficient than the Allison T56 engines that they replaced, the engines no longer produced enough bleed...
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  • Thumbnail for Piasecki H-16 Transporter
    Powered by two Allison T38-A-10 1,800 shp turboshaft engines; previously designated XH-27. YH-16B Prototype XH-16A re-engined with two Allison T56-A-5 2,100...
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