AIRCRAFT ENGINES # 1.

 

ROLLS - ROYCE RB 108 VERTICAL LIFT ENGINE.

 

 

This engine was designed for vertical take off and landing, with a thrust of 2,300lbs @ 17,500 rpm. In conjunction with the flying bedstead trials it was fitted in a Meteor in a vertical mounting just behind the pilots cockpit. It was tested during taxying and low altitude flights. This engine was also fitted to the short SC.1 along with three others and made its first flight in April 1957, later in October 1958 the SC.1 made its first hovering flight.

 

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ROVER 1S82 GAS TURBINE.    ( cut away view of engine )

 

The Rover 1S60 range of small gas turbine engines were developed in the 1950s for various applications including fire pumps, stationary generators and even a car engine. The 1S82 was developed as an auxiliary power unit for the Avro Vulcan Bomber MK2.

 

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ALVIS LEONIDES 126.

 

( type fitted to the Percival Provost )

 

A 9 - cylinder, single row radial engine, air cooled with a geared drive, supercharged. Specifications:- Bore - 4.8 inches. Stroke - 4.41 inches. Displacement - 719 cubic inches. Compression ratio - 6.8 : 1. Fuel consumption - 58 gallons per hour. Power rating - 550 BHP @ 3,000 RPM.

 

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ROLLS ROYCE AVON 210.

 

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A single shaft turbo jet with reheat. It had eight combustion chambers and consumed 1,250 gallons an hour. Its output was rated at 12,500 lbs static thrust. The Avon was a very successful early turbo jet engine. It was used in military and civilian aircraft. This engine was built at east Kilbride in August 1960 for fitting to Lightnings Mk 1,2 or 4. Later Lightnings had the more powerful 300 series. The Avon was also adapted to be one of the first industrial gas turbines.

 

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BRISTOL SIDDELEY / ROLLS ROYCE STENTOR.

 

A dual chamber liquid propellant rocket engine that was produced to power the Hawker Siddeley Blue Steel stand off bomb. The propellant used were HTP and Kerosene. The smaller of the two rockets produced a thrust of 4,000lbs and the larger a thrust  of 16,000lbs. This gave the blue steel a top speed of Mach 2.3 at a height of 70,500 feet.

 











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ROLLS ROYCE DERWENT MK9.

 

Turbojet engine with a single stage centrifugal compressor, nine combustion chambers and a single stage turbine. Power rating - 3,800lbs static thrust. Fuel consumption - 350 gallons per hour. Weight - 1,438lbs. Fitted to the Armstrong Whitworth Meteor MK 12.

 

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WALTER 109 - 509C.

 

Manufacturer - Walterwerke. Type - liquid fuelled rocket. Primary use - Messerschmitt ME 263. Performance - 4,400lbs thrust. Entered service - did not enter service before cancellation in 1945. General information - intended for use in the ME263, a development of the ME 163 which never saw service.

 

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RB 211 22C.

 

Manufacturer - Rolls Royce. Type - three shaft high by - pass ratio turbofan. Primary use - Lockheed Tri-Star Boeing 747, 767 Airbus A310. Performance - 42,000lbs thrust. Entered service- 1972. General information - this is a development version that was run on a test bed.

 

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OLYMPUS 593.

 

Manufacturer - Rolls Royce / SNECMA. Type - axial flow twin spool turbojet. Primary use - British Aerospace / Aerospatiale Concorde. Performance - 40,000lbs thrust with reheat. Entered service - 1969. General information - this engine was developed from the Olympus 22R - 320 with reheat designed for the TSR2. This example flew for 750 hours in prototype Concorde aircraft.

 

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TURBOMECA ASTAZOU XIVG.

 

A single shaft turboprop engine rated at 965 SHP at 43,000rpm. The engine is from a FMA 1 A - 58 Pucara and was recovered from the Falkland Islands. The aircraft had a maximum speed of 310mph and a range of 1,890 miles.

 

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PALOUSTE MK 104.

 

Built by Blackburn under licence from Turbomeca, the Palouste air bleed engine was designed to supply air at low pressure ( 2lb/sec at 38.5lb/sq in ) for aero engine starting. Technical details - air bleed turbo compressor incorporating a single stage, single sided centrifugal compressor, an annular combustion chamber and a two stage flow turbine. Max revolutions - 35,000rpm. Idle speed - 24,000rpm.

 

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OLYMPUS 22R 320.

 

Manufacturer - Rolls Royce. Type - twin spool turbojet. Primary use - BAC TSR 2. Performance - 30,610lbs thrust. Entered service - first flew 1964. General information - the engine development was abandoned when the TSR 2 project was cancelled.

 

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