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THE AERO ENGINE COLLECTION AT THE BRISTOL BRANCH

I. THE AERO ENGINE COLLECTION AT THE BRISTOL BRANCH. THE ERA OF THE PISTON ENGINE. BRISTOL - MANUFACTURED POPPET AND SLEEVE – VALVE ENGINES WORLD WAR 1 TO 1965 ( REVISED JAN. 2010 ). AERO ENGINE MANUFACTURE IN BRISTOL.

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THE AERO ENGINE COLLECTION AT THE BRISTOL BRANCH

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  2. THE AERO ENGINE COLLECTIONATTHE BRISTOL BRANCH THE ERA OF THE PISTON ENGINE BRISTOL - MANUFACTURED POPPET AND SLEEVE – VALVE ENGINES WORLD WAR 1 TO 1965 ( REVISED JAN. 2010 )

  3. AERO ENGINE MANUFACTURE IN BRISTOL BRAZIL STRAKER & Co. OF FISHPONDS, BRISTOL (WW 1) COSMOS ENGINEERING Co. (1918 RE-ORGANISATION) BOUGHT BY BRISTOL AEROPLANE Co. IN 1920 TO BECOME THE AERO-ENGINE DEPARTMENT BECAME ENGINE DIVISION OF BRISTOL AEROPLANE Co. JULY 1944 BECAME BRISTOL AERO-ENGINES Ltd JANUARY 1956 MERGED WITH ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY IN APRIL 1959 TO BECOME BRISTOL SIDDELEY ENGINES BECAME PART OF ROLLS - ROYCE IN 1966

  4. BRASIL STRAKER AND COSMOS ENGINES CURTIS OX-5 RECONSTRUCTED 1914 / 15 R-R HAWK 1 &2 MANUFACTURE (334) WW 1 R-R FALCON Mk. 2 & 3 MANUFACTURE (1775) WW 1 RENAULT 80 hp V8 MANUFACTURE (610) WW 1 MERCURY (2 ROW) IN-HOUSE DESIGN 1917 JUPITER IN-HOUSE DESIGN 1918 LUCIFER IN-HOUSE DESIGN 1919

  5. CURTIS OX- 5(RECONSTRUCTED BY BRAZIL STRAKER IN 1914) T.O. POWER 102 hp BORE 4.0 in STROKE 5.0 in SWEPT VOLUME 550 cu in COMPRESSION RATIO 5.4 :1 NORMAL ASPIRATION DRIVE - DIRECT REDESIGN LATE 1914 TESTED JAN. 1915 No. RECONSTRUCTED 300 LIFE INCREASE - 5hr to 100/200 hr WATER - COOLED 900 ‘ V’ UPRIGHT 8 CYLINDER

  6. ROLLS - ROYCE FALCON-- BUILT BY BRAZIL STRAKER IN WW 1 - T.O. POWER 265 hp (Mk 2) 275 hp (Mk 3) BORE 4.0 in STROKE 5.75 in SWEPT VOLUME 867 cu in COMPRESSION RATIO (Mk 1) 5.1 : 1 (Mk 3) 5.3 : 1 NATURALLY ASPIRATED DRIVE - GEARED 0.589 : 1 • 12 CYLINDER • IN – LINE • ‘V’ UPRIGHT • WATER – COOLED

  7. BRISTOL - BUILT FALCONS - APPLICATIONS No. BUILT AT BRISTOL Mk 2 - 400 Mk 3 - 1375 MAIN USE BRISTOL F2B FIGHTER A MAJORITY OF FALCON ENGINES WERE BUILT AT BRISTOL

  8. THE FEDDEN / BUTLER DESIGN PARTNERSHIP THE CODE - LETTERS FB ALWAYS PRECEDED BRAZIL STRAKER PART No.s AND THIS CONTINUED UNDER THE BRISTOL AEROPLANE Co. OWNERSHIP

  9. BRAZIL STRAKER (COSMOS) – MERCURY T. O. POWER 347 hp BORE 4.375 in STROKE 5.8125 in SWEPT VOLUME 1223 sq in COMPRESSION RATIO 5.0 : 1 NATURALLY ASPIRATED DRIVE - DIRECT DESIGN 1917 FIRST RUN JAN 1918 FIRST FLIGHT 4TH SEPT 1918 3 BUILT - 200 ORDERED (ORDER CANCELLED 11TH NOV 1918) 14 CYLINDER DOUBLE ROW AIR COOLED RADIAL

  10. INSTALLATIONS / APPLICATIONSBRAZIL STRAKER (COSMOS) MERCURY • 1918 - EXPERIMENTAL INSTALLATION IN BRISTOL 21A (SCOUT F1) • 1919 - TESTED BY P. W. S. BULMAN AT FARNBOROUGH AND SET UNOFFICIAL RECORDS THAT STOOD FOR 7 YEARS • 5.4 min to 10,000 ft16.25 min to 20,000 ft

  11. THE COSMOS JUPITER 1 9 CYLINDER SINGLE ROW AIR COOLED RADIAL T.O. POWER 368 hp BORE 5.75 in STROKE 7.5 in SWEPT VOLUME 1753 cu in COMPRESSION RATIO 5.0 : 1 NATURALLY ASPIRATED DRIVE – DIRECT DESIGN APRIL 1918 1ST RUN 29 OCT. 1918 FIRST FLIGHT 25 MAY 1919 No BUILT 5 (BEFORE 1920)

  12. COSMOS JUPITER 1 - APPLICATIONS AN EARLY INSTALLATION IN THE BRISTOL BADGER (1919) SOPWITH SCHNEIDER OF 1919 CAPABLE OF 165 mph

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