Bristol Centaurus radial engine

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aircraft engine piston engine radial engine

The Bristol Centaurus radial engine was a powerful British air-cooled sleeve-valve aircraft engine used in late World War II and early postwar high-performance aircraft.

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Label Occurrences
Bristol Centaurus radial engine canonical 3
Bristol Centaurus engine 1
Bristol sleeve-valve engines 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft engine ⓘ
piston engine ⓘ
radial engine ⓘ
applicationRole bomber engine ⓘ
fighter aircraft engine ⓘ
naval fighter engine ⓘ
transport aircraft engine ⓘ
bore about 5.75 in ⓘ
configuration 18-cylinder radial ⓘ
coolingSystem air-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
cylinderArrangement two-row radial ⓘ
developedFrom Bristol Perseus ⓘ
displacement about 3,270 cu in ⓘ
about 53.6 L ⓘ
enteredService 1942 ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
postwar period ⓘ
family Bristol Centaurus radial engine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bristol sleeve-valve engines
firstRunDate 1938 ⓘ
fuelType aviation gasoline ⓘ
manufacturer Bristol Aeroplane Company ⓘ
notableFeature high power-to-weight ratio for its time ⓘ
use of sleeve valves for improved volumetric efficiency ⓘ
notableVariant Centaurus 170 ⓘ
Centaurus 173 ⓘ
Centaurus 661 ⓘ
Centaurus IV ⓘ
Centaurus V ⓘ
Centaurus VI ⓘ
Centaurus VII ⓘ
Theta Centauri ⓘ
surface form: Centaurus XVIII
numberOfCylinders 18 ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Bristol ⓘ
powerOutput over 2,000 hp in early versions ⓘ
up to about 3,000 hp in later versions ⓘ
status obsolete ⓘ
stroke about 6.5 in ⓘ
successor Bristol Hercules in service roles ⓘ
supercharger two-speed supercharger ⓘ
usedFor high-performance late-war and postwar aircraft ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
usedOnAircraft Avro Shackleton prototype ⓘ
Blackburn Firebrand ⓘ
Bristol Brigand ⓘ
Bristol Buckmaster ⓘ
Bristol Freighter ⓘ
Hawker Sea Fury ⓘ
Hawker Tempest ⓘ
surface form: Hawker Tempest II

Hawker Tornado (prototypes) ⓘ
surface form: Hawker Tornado (testbed)
valveType sleeve-valve ⓘ

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

Hawker Sea Fury → powerplant → Bristol Centaurus radial engine ⓘ
Roy Fedden → workedOn → Bristol Centaurus radial engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bristol Centaurus engine
Airspeed Ambassador → powerplant → Bristol Centaurus radial engine ⓘ
Bristol Centaurus radial engine → family → Bristol Centaurus radial engine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Bristol Centaurus
this entity surface form: Bristol sleeve-valve engines
Tempest Mk II → powerplant → Bristol Centaurus radial engine ⓘ