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 Flight v 56 n 2120 Aug 11 1949 p 163-8; Aeroplane v 77 n 1994 Aug 26 1949 p 256-61; Engineer v 188 n 4882 Aug 19 1949 p 195-7)


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    Title :

    "Python" propeller-turbine aircraft engine


    Additional title:

    Engineering


    Published in:

    Engineering ; 168 , n 4360


    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    "Python" propeller-turbine aircraft engine

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    "Python" propeller-turbine aircraft engine

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1949


    "Python" propeller-turbine aircraft engine

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1949


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