4100-hp engine manufactured by Armstrong Siddeley Motors, fitted in new naval strike fighter, Westland Wyvern; constructed on reverse flow principle, it consists of 14-stage axial compressor delivering air to 11 combustion chambers, and 2-stage turbine directly coupled to compressor; contrarotating propeller driven from front end of compressor shaft through epicyclic reduction gear. (See also Engineering v 168 n 4360 Aug 19 1949 p 187-8; Flight v 56 n 2120 Aug 11 1949 p 163-8; Engineer v 188 n 4882 Aug 19 1949 p 195-7)
"Python" propeller-turbine aircraft engine
Aeroplane
Aeroplane ; 77 , n 1994
1949
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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"Python" propeller-turbine aircraft engine
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