Bristol Jupiter engine

E565700
aircraft engine piston engine

The Bristol Jupiter engine is a British air-cooled radial aircraft engine from the early 20th century that became widely used and influential in both military and civilian aviation.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Bristol Jupiter 47
Bristol Jupiter radial engine 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft engine ⓘ
piston engine ⓘ
acquiredFrom Cosmos Engineering NERFINISHED ⓘ
bore about 5.75 inches ⓘ
configuration radial ⓘ
coolingMethod air‑cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
cylinderArrangement single‑row radial ⓘ
designer Roy Fedden NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedFrom earlier Cosmos Jupiter design ⓘ
displacement about 28 litres ⓘ
enteredService 1920s ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
firstRunDate early 1920s ⓘ
fuelType aviation gasoline ⓘ
historicalSignificance widely used and influential in interwar aviation ⓘ
influenced Bristol Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bristol Pegasus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gnome‑Rhône 9 Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ
licenseBuiltBy Gnome‑Rhône NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nakajima NERFINISHED ⓘ
PZL NERFINISHED ⓘ
licenseBuiltIn Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
manufacturer Bristol Aeroplane Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableApplication Bristol Bulldog NERFINISHED ⓘ
Handley Page H.P.42 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Junkers F.13 (licensed versions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Potez 29 (licensed versions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableVariant Jupiter VI NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jupiter VII NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jupiter VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfCylinders 9 ⓘ
powerOutputRange 300–600 horsepower ⓘ
productionPeriod 1920s–1930s ⓘ
status obsolete ⓘ
stroke about 7.5 inches ⓘ
supercharging some variants supercharged ⓘ
usedIn airliners ⓘ
bombers ⓘ
civil aircraft ⓘ
fighters ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
valveType overhead poppet valves ⓘ

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

Roy Fedden → workedOn → Bristol Jupiter engine ⓘ
Junkers W 34 → powerplant → Bristol Jupiter engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bristol Jupiter radial engine