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Rolls-Royce Piston Aero
Engines - A Designer Remembers
382:"World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines – 5th edition" by
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440:. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003.
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103:, was cancelled in favour of the
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346:List of aircraft engines
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311:0.41 hp/in³ (18.8 kW/L)
210:General characteristics
222:aircraft piston engine
139:Design and development
115:The appearance of the
1168:Rolls-Royce Meteorite
93:Rolls-Royce Eagle XVI
1279:Rolls-Royce Holdings
1212:Alan Arnold Griffith
422:Lumsden 2003, p.187.
19:For other uses, see
1267:Spirito Mario Viale
498:Rolls-Royce Limited
105:Rolls-Royce Kestrel
97:Rolls-Royce Limited
56:Rolls-Royce Limited
1217:R.W. Harvey-Bailey
1163:Rolls-Royce Meteor
1149:and marine engines
413:Rubbra 1990, p.24.
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328:Comparable engines
283:Single carburettor
71:Major applications
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1192:Marine Spey
877:Turboshafts
710:Olympus 593
294:Performance
176:dynamometer
168:carburettor
145:Henry Royce
46:aero engine
1296:Categories
873:Turboprops
352:References
334:Napier Cub
261:Valvetrain
254:Components
111:Background
75:Not flown
62:First run
31:Eagle XVI
1312:X engines
1277:See also
1205:Designers
771:Turbofans
677:Turbojets
594:Peregrine
202:Data from
193:designs.
181:Like the
134:Eagle XVI
1048:RB168-62
811:RB168-62
704:variants
517:By name:
316:See also
101:Eagle XX
800:Pegasus
761:Welland
702: (
700:Olympus
690:Derwent
604:Vulture
589:Pennine
579:Kestrel
569:Griffon
564:Goshawk
524:Buzzard
205:Lumsden
187:Vulture
1093:RB.193
1033:RB.162
905:Nimbus
826:RB.193
816:RB.175
795:Medway
784:Conway
751:Thames
731:RB.162
726:RB.145
721:RB.108
716:RB.106
640:Type R
635:Type F
630:Type G
625:Type H
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559:Falcon
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40:Piston
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900:Gnome
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821:RB178
805:RB153
779:Adour
756:Viper
736:RB176
662:Larch
534:Crecy
357:Notes
216:Type:
183:Crecy
149:Eagle
65:1925
36:Type
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978:RB82
973:RB80
968:RB53
963:RB50
958:RB44
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920:Tyne
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685:Avon
620:PV12
574:Hawk
457:ISBN
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