Bristol Mercury

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The Bristol Mercury was a widely used British nine-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine developed in the 1920s–30s and fitted to numerous European fighter and bomber designs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft engine
piston engine
applicationType fighter aircraft
light bomber aircraft
trainer aircraft
bore 5.75 in
compressionRatio 5.3:1
configuration nine-cylinder radial
coolingSystem air-cooled
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
designer Roy Fedden NERFINISHED
developer Bristol Aeroplane Company NERFINISHED
developmentStartDate 1920s
displacement 1,520 cu in
24.9 L
era interwar period
family Bristol radial engine family NERFINISHED
firstRunDate 1925
fuelSystem carburettor
inServicePeriod 1930s
World War II NERFINISHED
licenseBuiltBy NOHAB NERFINISHED
PZL NERFINISHED
Tampella NERFINISHED
licenseBuiltIn Finland NERFINISHED
Poland NERFINISHED
Sweden NERFINISHED
manufacturer Bristol Aeroplane Company NERFINISHED
notableFeature high power-to-weight ratio for its time
short-stroke design
sleeve-valve development precursor
propellerDrive reduction gear
relatedEngine Bristol Jupiter NERFINISHED
Bristol Pegasus NERFINISHED
stroke 6.5 in
successor Bristol Taurus NERFINISHED
supercharger single-stage supercharger
typicalPowerOutput 600–900 hp range
800 hp
usedInConflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
usedOnAircraft Avro Anson (early versions) NERFINISHED
Bristol Blenheim NERFINISHED
Bristol Bulldog NERFINISHED
Fokker D.XXI NERFINISHED
Gloster Gladiator NERFINISHED
PZL P.11 NERFINISHED
PZL.23 Karaś NERFINISHED
PZL.37 Łoś NERFINISHED
Westland Lysander NERFINISHED
valvetrain overhead poppet valves

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PZL P.11 engineModel Bristol Mercury
Supermarine Sea Otter engineModel Bristol Mercury
Bristol Aeroplane Company notableProduct Bristol Mercury