Theseus was the Bristol Aeroplane Company's first attempt at a gas-turbine engine design, a turboprop that delivered just over 2,000 hp (1,500 kW). A novel feature was the use of a heat exchanger to transfer waste heat from the exhaust to the compressor exit. The engine was soon superseded by the Proteus design with more power, and the only use of the engine was in two Handley Page Hermes conversions. Bristol Theseus engine at Bristol Industrial Museum, Bristol, England. ... Bristol Theseus engine at Bristol Industrial Museum, Bristol, England. ... Bristol Aeroplane Company logo The Bristol Aeroplane Company (formerly British and Colonial Aeroplane Company) was a major British aircraft company which, in 1959, merged with several major British aircraft companies, to become the British Aircraft Corporation and later still part of British Aerospace, now BAE Systems. ... WWII era steam turbine used for ship propulsion. ... A schematic diagram showing the operation of a turboprop engine. ... Bristol Proteus engine The Proteus was the Bristol Aeroplane Companys first successful gas-turbine engine design, a turboprop that delivered just over 4,000 hp (3,000 kW). ... The Handley Page HP 67 Hastings was a troop-carrier and freight transport of the Royal Air Force. ...
Specifications
Cycle: (unknown)
Compression ratio: (unknown)
Power: 2,220 hp (1,660 kW)
Weight: (unknown)
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Bristol Pegasus piston engine The Bristol Pegasus was a British 9-cylinder one-row air-cooled radial engine used in the 1930s and 1940s aircraft.
Bristol Mercury engine The Bristol Mercury was a 9-cylinder one-row piston radial engine used on British aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s.
Bristol Aeroplane Company logo The Bristol Aeroplane Company (formerly British and Colonial Aeroplane Company) was a major British aircraft company which, in 1959, merged with several major British aircraft companies, to become the British Aircraft Corporation and later still part of British Aerospace, now BAE Systems.
Bristol was involved in the post war renaissance of British civilian aircraft as inspired by the Brabazon Committee report.
At the same time the Bristol Britannia turboprop-powered airliner proved a success and it and Bristol Freighter transport aircraft were produced in quantity during the 1950s.
A research aircraft, the Bristol 188, was constructed in the 1950s to test the feasibilty of stainless steel as a material in a Mach 2.0 airframe.
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