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Rolls-Royce Dart
The Rolls-Royce RB.53 Dart was a long-lived British turboprop engine designed, built and manufactured by Rolls-Royce Limited. First produced in the late 1940s, it powered the first Vickers Viscount maiden flight in 1948. The Dart was still in production until the last F-27s and H.S 748s were produced in 1987.
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Applications
Largely associated with the very successful Vickers Viscount medium range airliner it powered a number of other European and Japanese designs in the 1950s and 1960s. The list includes:
- Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy medium-range transport (C Mk 1 variant)
- Avro 748 Feeder airliner
- Breguet Alizé anti-submarine aircraft: Dart RDa 21 1950hp with water/methanol injection
- Fokker F.27 small airliner
- Grumman Gulfstream I Executive/Passenger aircraft
- Handley Page Dart Herald small airliner
- Hawker Siddeley Andover military transport
- NAMC YS-11 short/medium range airliner (Japanese Aircraft)
- Some Douglas DC-3 transport aircraft have been upgraded to use Darts. DC-3's in BEA service which received this update were called Pionairs.
Power output was around 1,500 hp (1,120 kW) in early versions, and close to twice that in later versions, such as those which powered the NAMC YS-11 airliner. Some versions of the engine were fitted with water methanol injection, which acted as a power restorative in hot and high conditions.
Specifications (Dart RDa.7)
Data from:Gunston[1] Template:Jetspecs
See also
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References
Notes
- ↑ Gunston 1989, p.149.
Bibliography
- Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9
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| Records | Flight airspeed record · Flight distance record · Flight altitude record · Flight endurance record · Most produced aircraft |
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