1951 McDonnell F2H U.S. Navy "Banshee" Korean War Fighter
Power
6,500 lb. Thrust Afterburner
Fuel
Diesel -26 Gallons per run
Performance Specs:
AV. Speed
Just under 300 MPH
Elapsed Time
6 seconds
Other Features:
• fully working smoke stack
• lighted engineers cabin
• cow catcher spoiler
• mounted train bell
• train whistle
Interesting facts:
• it uses over 26 gallons of diesel fuel per run. That's approx. 105 gallons to the mile!
• at 270 MPH the Chattanooga Choo Choo is moving about 1 1/2 football fields per second.
• at full power it produces 6500 pounds of thrust or equivalent to 13,000 horsepower
• in 1951 the Westinghouse Turbo Jet Engine originally cost $68,000
• the turbo engine military RPM rating is 104% or equivalent to 12,500 RPM's
• this engine consumes over 12,000 cubic feet of air per second, the same a emptying an average size 1500sf house of its air in just one second!
