twin-engined
Adjective
Meaning
twin-engined (not comparable)
Alternative form of twin-engine
Examples
Batchelor and Lowe 2008, p. 6. By September 1939 de Havilland had produced preliminary estimates for single- and twin-engined variations of light-bomber designs using different engines, speculating on the effects of defensive armament on their designs.
Feist 1993, p. 29. Green 1980, p. 73. At the start of the battle, the twin-engined Messerschmitt Bf 110C long range Zerstörer ("Destroyer") was also expected to engage in air-to-air combat while escorting the Luftwaffe bomber fleet.
As the largest-displacement inverted V12 aircraft powerplant built in Germany, the 44.52 litre (2,717 cu. in.) Daimler-Benz DB 603 saw widespread use in twin-engined designs, yet could not exceed the 1,500 kW output level without more development.
Development In February 1938 the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics published two requests for proposal for twin-engined and single-engined fighters.
In August 1940, Carter presented Gloster's initial proposals for a twin-engined jet fighter with a nosewheel undercarriage.
Ethell and Sand 2002, p. 126. The Luftwaffe s answer, especially to their Zerstörer twin-engined bomber destroyer units' evisceration by the USAAF, was the Gefechtsverband (battle formation).