Engine – Rolls-Royce Merlin 28 12-Cylinder
The engine on display is one of the marks of Merlin fitted to bomber aircraft. It is representative of all the Merlins used in bomber, fighter and …
Collection: Aero Engines
Engine – Rolls-Royce Olympus 22R 320
Designed for the BAC TSR2, this engine provided 30610lbs thrust and was fitted with an afterburner (also seen on display next to the TSR2) which gave a …
Engine – Rolls-Royce RB162
This small engine was designed for use in the Trident 3B aircraft providing booster power to improve take-off performance. It provided thrust of 5,250lbs at take-off and …
Engine – Wright R-3350-59 Cyclone
The Wright Cyclone series of aviation engines began life in 1924 as a 435hp single-row radial. By 1936 the series had progressed to development of the giant …
Engine – Nakajima Sakae (Prosperity) 21
This Japanese, 950 hp, 14-cylinder, two-row, air-cooled radial engine was used extensively during the Second World War and powered the Mitsubishi A6M5 ‘Zeke’, Nakajima J1N1 and J1N1-S …
Engine – Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90D Twin Wasp
This is a Type R1830-900, fourteen-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine with a single-stage supercharger. Bore 5.5ins, Stroke 5.5ins. Total displacement 1830cubic inches. Weight 1413lbs. 1200 hp for take-off …
Engine – Pratt & Whitney R985 Wasp Junior
Used to power the de Havilland Beaver, the Pratt and Whitney Wasp Junior is a 450hp, nine-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine.
Engine – Rolls-Royce Kestrel XVI
In 1925, Rolls-Royce began designing a radically new 12-cylinder engine in which each of the two banks of six cylinders were formed from a single aluminium-alloy block. …
Engine – Blackburn Cirrus II
After taking over the Cirrus-Hermes Engineering Company Limited in 1937, the first engine to be designed and built at the Blackburn works at Brough in Yorkshire, was …
Engine – Bristol Hercules 763
This sleeve-valve as its name implies has the inlet and exhaust valves in the form of a sleeve working between the piston and cylinder wall and driven …
Engine – Daimler Benz DB610
The DB610 engine is made by joining two DB605 engines; these are coupled together by means of a clutch and gearbox to drive a single four bladed …
Engine – Rolls-Royce R.B.163 Spey 505-5
One of the first of the by-pass or turbo fan latest technology engines, the Spey entered service in April 1964 and has proved to be a sturdy, …
Engine – de Havilland Ghost 50
The Ghost is larger and more powerful than the Goblin and is again distinguished from the Goblin by having only 10 combustion chambers. The Ghost was developed …
Engine – de Havilland Gipsy 1
We have little information on this engine. It is one of the very early Gipsy types and dates from the late 1920s. Gipsy engines were originally designed …
Engine – Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca R.T.172 Adour 102
The Adour is a twin-shaft turbofan developed jointly by Rolls-Royce in the United Kingdom and Turbomeca in France under the administration of Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Limited. Various versions …