Bristol Mercury radial engine
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The Bristol Mercury radial engine is a British air-cooled, nine-cylinder aircraft engine widely used in the 1930s and World War II, known for powering numerous fighters and bombers.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bristol Mercury radial engine canonical | 3 |
| Bristol Mercury engine | 1 |
| WM K-14 radial engine | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
air-cooled engine
ⓘ
aircraft piston engine ⓘ radial engine ⓘ |
| application |
bomber aircraft
ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ trainer aircraft ⓘ |
| bore | 146 mm ⓘ |
| compressionRatio | variedByVariant ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | air-cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| cylinderConfiguration | single-row radial ⓘ |
| designCompany | Bristol Engine Company ⓘ |
| designer | Roy Fedden ⓘ |
| displacement | about 25 litres ⓘ |
| enteredService | late 1920s ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| firstRunDate | 1925 ⓘ |
| fuelType | aviation gasoline ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Bristol Aeroplane Company ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
compact diameter for its power class
ⓘ
reliable operation ⓘ wide operational use in Europe ⓘ |
| numberOfCylinders | 9 ⓘ |
| poweredAircraft |
Avro Anson
ⓘ
surface form:
Avro Anson (some variants)
Bristol Blenheim ⓘ Bristol Bulldog ⓘ Bristol Type 142 ⓘ
surface form:
Bristol Type 142 (Blenheim prototype)
Fairey Battle ⓘ
surface form:
Fairey Battle (some variants)
Fokker D.XXI ⓘ Gloster Gladiator ⓘ Miles Master ⓘ
surface form:
Miles Master (some variants)
PZL P.11 ⓘ PZL.23 Karaś ⓘ PZL.37 Łoś ⓘ Westland Lysander ⓘ |
| powerOutput |
approximately 500–600 horsepower in early variants
ⓘ
approximately 800 horsepower maximum in later variants ⓘ |
| productionPeriodEnd | 1940s ⓘ |
| productionPeriodStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| stroke | 165 mm ⓘ |
| successor |
Bristol Hercules
ⓘ
Bristol Pegasus ⓘ |
| supercharger | single-stage supercharger ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Finnish Air Force
ⓘ
Polish Air Force ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ Hellenic Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Hellenic Air Force
|
| usedInConflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| valvetrain | overhead poppet valves ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
WM K-14 radial engine
this entity surface form:
Bristol Mercury engine