Rolls-Royce Vulture
1930s British piston aircraft engine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Rolls-Royce Vulture was a British aero engine developed shortly before World War II that was designed and built by Rolls-Royce Limited. The Vulture used the unusual "X-24" configuration, whereby four cylinder blocks derived from the Rolls-Royce Peregrine were joined by a common crankshaft supported by a single crankcase. The engine was originally designed to produce around 1,750 horsepower (1,300 kW) but problems with the Vulture design meant that the engines were derated to around 1,450 to 1,550 hp in service by limiting the maximum rpm.
Vulture | |
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Type | X-24 Piston aero engine |
Manufacturer | Rolls-Royce Limited |
First run | May 1937 |
Major applications | Avro Manchester Blackburn B-20 |
Number built | 538 |
Although several new aircraft designs had been planned to use the Vulture, work on the engine's design ended in 1941 as Rolls-Royce concentrated on their more successful Merlin design. Another 24-cylinder engine, the Napier Sabre, proved more successful after a lengthy development period.