Bristol Hercules radial engine

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aircraft engine piston engine radial engine sleeve-valve engine

The Bristol Hercules radial engine was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and other military aircraft for its reliability and high power output.

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Label Occurrences
Bristol Hercules radial engine canonical 3
Bristol Hercules engine 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft engine ⓘ
piston engine ⓘ
radial engine ⓘ
sleeve-valve engine ⓘ
application maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ
multi-engine bombers ⓘ
bore 146 mm ⓘ
compressionRatio 7.0:1 ⓘ
configuration 14-cylinder twin-row radial ⓘ
coolingSystem air-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
designer Roy Fedden ⓘ
displacement 38.7 litres ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
surface form: World War II era
firstRunDate 1939 ⓘ
fuelType aviation gasoline ⓘ
manufacturer Bristol Aeroplane Company ⓘ
notableCharacteristic high power output ⓘ
high reliability ⓘ
notableFeature good performance at low and medium altitudes ⓘ
robust construction ⓘ
numberBuilt over 57,000 ⓘ
powerOutput around 1,290 hp in early versions ⓘ
up to about 1,735 hp in later versions ⓘ
primaryUse military aircraft ⓘ
productionPeriod late 1930s to 1950s ⓘ
relatedEngine Bristol Perseus ⓘ
role bomber engine ⓘ
fighter-bomber engine ⓘ
transport aircraft engine ⓘ
stroke 165 mm ⓘ
successor Bristol Centaurus ⓘ
supercharger single-stage supercharger ⓘ
usedBy French Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
usedOnAircraft Airspeed Ambassador ⓘ
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle ⓘ
Avro Lancaster ⓘ
surface form: Avro Lancaster Mk II

Bristol Beaufighter ⓘ
Bristol Freighter ⓘ
Handley Page Halifax ⓘ
Handley Page Hastings aircraft ⓘ
surface form: Handley Page Hastings

Savoia-Marchetti SM.95 ⓘ
Short Stirling ⓘ
Vickers Valetta ⓘ
Vickers Varsity ⓘ
Vickers Wellington ⓘ
valveType sleeve valve ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vickers Wellington → powerplant → Bristol Hercules radial engine ⓘ
Roy Fedden → workedOn → Bristol Hercules radial engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bristol Hercules engine
Bristol Beaufighter → engineType → Bristol Hercules radial engine ⓘ
Wellington Mk X → engineType → Bristol Hercules radial engine ⓘ