Orange Hobby A48-034-88 F414 engine nozzles 2 (parked on the ground) for Meng kits

General Electric (GE for short) The F414 is an American aviation afterburner turbojet engine from modern times. The first successful engine start-up took place in 1993, and serial production started shortly after and is still ongoing. In the F414-400 version, the engine measures 391 cm in length with a diameter of 89 cm. The weight of the "dry" engine is 1110 kilograms. The thrust generated by the engine is 57.8 kN, and with the afterburner - 97.9 kN. The F414 engine was developed on the basis of the GE F412 engine, which was developed for the finally unrealized project of the A-12 Avenger II aircraft. The F412 itself, in turn, was a fairly far-reaching development of the GE F404 engine used on the F / A-18 C / D aircraft. Although the F414 and F404 engines are very similar in size, the first one is able to generate significantly more thrust, among others thanks to the effective FADEC (Full Authority Digital) system. Electronics Control) or changing the engine turbine blades, as well as reducing the weight of some engine components. Several variants of the General Electric F414 engine were developed in the course of production, including: F-414-400 (basic version used on F / A-18 E / F Super Hornet), F-414G (version proposed as an engine for JAS39 Gripen ) or the F414-GE-INS6 (version for the Indian HAL Tejas, which entered service in 2015).