THE Rover Co. Ltd. was associated with Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle during the early stages of the production of the original Whittle-type turbojet engines in 1941–42. Two of their engines were taken over by Rolls-Royce and after further development gave rise to the well-known Nene and Derwent engines. At the conclusion of the Second World War the Company embarked on a development programme for small gas turbine units with the eventual goal being a unit suitable for installation in a motor car. This work is well-advanced but no date has been given as the likely time at which a production version of the gas turbine driven car will be available.


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    Title :

    Turboprops for Light Aircraft


    Subtitle :

    Details of the Engines Developed by Rover Gas Turbines Ltd.



    Publication date :

    1961-03-01


    Size :

    1 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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