Boeing T50

T50
A QH-50D anti-submarine drone aboard the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) in the late 1960s, with the T50 engine visible on the right
Type	Turboshaft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Boeing
Major applications	QH-50 DASH

The Boeing T50 (company designation Model 502) was a small turboshaft engine produced by Boeing. Based on Boeing's earlier Model 500 gas generator, the T50's main application was in the QH-50 DASH helicopter drone of the 1950s.

Variants

T50

T50BO-6 

T50BO-8 

T50BO-10 

T50BO-12 

Applications

T50 (Model 502)

• Gyrodyne QH-50 DASH
• Kaman K-225
• Kaman HTK-1
• Kaman K-1125
• XL-19B Bird Dog
• Radioplane RP-77D

GT502

• Stridsvagn 103

See also

Related lists

• List of aircraft engines
  

References

• Gunston, Bill (2006). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines, 5th Edition. Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, England, UK: Sutton Publishing Limited. pp. 79. ISBN 0-7509-4479-X. 
• Leyes II, Richard A.; William A. Fleming (1999). The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 1-56347-332-1. 

External links

• Boeing Model 502 Gas Turbine Engine
• "Jet Sheds Weigh" , September 1947, Popular Science article at bottom of page on earlier Model 500