THE AERO ENGINE COLLECTION AT THE BRISTOL BRANCH
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THE AERO ENGINE COLLECTIONAT
THE BRISTOL BRANCH
THE ERA OF THE PISTON ENGINE
BRISTOL - MANUFACTURED
POPPET AND SLEEVE – VALVE ENGINES
WORLD WAR 1 TO 1965
( REVISED JAN. 2010 )
AERO ENGINE MANUFACTURE IN BRISTOLBRAZIL STRAKER & Co. OF FISHPONDS, BRISTOL (WW 1)
COSMOS ENGINEERING Co. (1918 RE-ORGANISATION)
BOUGHT BY BRISTOL AEROPLANE Co. IN 1920 TO BECOME THE AERO-ENGINE DEPARTMENT
BECAME ENGINE DIVISION OF BRISTOL AEROPLANE Co. JULY 1944
BECAME BRISTOL AERO-ENGINES Ltd JANUARY 1956
MERGED WITH ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY IN APRIL 1959 TO BECOME BRISTOL SIDDELEY ENGINES
BECAME PART OF ROLLS - ROYCE IN 1966
BRASIL STRAKER AND COSMOS ENGINES
CURTIS OX-5 RECONSTRUCTED 1914 / 15
R-R HAWK 1 &2 MANUFACTURE (334) WW 1
R-R FALCON Mk. 2 & 3 MANUFACTURE (1775) WW 1
RENAULT 80 hp V8 MANUFACTURE (610) WW 1
MERCURY (2 ROW) IN-HOUSE DESIGN 1917
JUPITER IN-HOUSE DESIGN 1918
LUCIFER IN-HOUSE DESIGN 1919
CURTIS OX- 5(RECONSTRUCTED BY BRAZIL STRAKER IN 1914)
WATER - COOLED 900 ‘ V’ UPRIGHT
8 CYLINDER
T.O. POWER 102 hpBORE 4.0 inSTROKE 5.0 inSWEPT VOLUME 550 cu inCOMPRESSION RATIO 5.4 :1NORMAL ASPIRATIONDRIVE - DIRECT
REDESIGN LATE 1914TESTED JAN. 1915
No. RECONSTRUCTED 300
LIFE INCREASE - 5hr to 100/200 hr
ROLLS - ROYCE FALCON-- BUILT BY BRAZIL STRAKER IN WW 1 -
12 CYLINDER
IN – LINE
600 ‘V’ UPRIGHT
WATER – COOLED
T.O. POWER 265 hp (Mk 2) 275 hp (Mk 3)
BORE 4.0 in
STROKE 5.75 in
SWEPT VOLUME 867 cu in
COMPRESSION RATIO (Mk 1) 5.1 : 1
(Mk 3) 5.3 : 1
NATURALLY ASPIRATED
DRIVE - GEARED 0.589 : 1
BRISTOL - BUILT FALCONS - APPLICATIONS
No. BUILT AT BRISTOL
Mk 2 - 400Mk 3 - 1375
MAIN USE
BRISTOL F2B FIGHTER
A MAJORITY OF FALCON ENGINES WERE BUILT AT BRISTOL
THE FEDDEN / BUTLER DESIGN PARTNERSHIP
THE CODE - LETTERS FB ALWAYS PRECEDED BRAZIL STRAKER PART No.s AND THIS CONTINUED UNDER THE BRISTOL AEROPLANE Co. OWNERSHIP
BRAZIL STRAKER (COSMOS) – MERCURY
T. O. POWER 347 hpBORE 4.375 inSTROKE 5.8125 inSWEPT VOLUME 1223 sq in
COMPRESSION RATIO 5.0 : 1NATURALLY ASPIRATEDDRIVE - DIRECT
DESIGN 1917FIRST RUN JAN 1918FIRST FLIGHT 4TH SEPT 1918
3 BUILT - 200 ORDERED(ORDER CANCELLED 11TH NOV 1918)
14 CYLINDERDOUBLE ROWAIR COOLED
RADIAL
INSTALLATIONS / APPLICATIONSBRAZIL STRAKER (COSMOS) MERCURY
1918 - EXPERIMENTAL INSTALLATION IN BRISTOL 21A (SCOUT F1)
1919 - TESTED BY P. W. S. BULMAN AT FARNBOROUGH AND SET UNOFFICIAL RECORDS THAT STOOD FOR 7 YEARS
5.4 min to 10,000 ft 16.25 min to 20,000 ft
T.O. POWER 368 hpBORE 5.75 inSTROKE 7.5 inSWEPT VOLUME 1753 cu in
COMPRESSION RATIO 5.0 : 1NATURALLY ASPIRATEDDRIVE – DIRECT
DESIGN APRIL 19181ST RUN 29 OCT. 1918FIRST FLIGHT 25 MAY 1919
No BUILT 5 (BEFORE 1920)
9 CYLINDER SINGLE ROWAIR COOLED
RADIAL
THE COSMOS JUPITER 1
COSMOS JUPITER 1 - APPLICATIONS
AN EARLY INSTALLATION IN THE BRISTOL BADGER
(1919)
SOPWITH SCHNEIDER OF 1919CAPABLE OF 165 mph
