Rolls-Royce Condor

:"For the 1940s engine, see Rolls-Royce Eagle (1944)"

The Rolls-Royce Condor aircraft piston engine was a larger version of the Rolls-Royce Eagle developing up to 675 hp (500 kW). A total of 327 engines were recorded as being built. [Lumsden 2003, p.188.]

Applications

The Condor was used in the following aircraft:
* Blackburn Iris I/II/III (flying boats)
* De Havilland DH.54
* Hawker Horsley
* R100 (airship)
* Short Singapore I/II (flying boats)plus these prototypes, of which only one was produced:
* Avro Aldershot (prototype only)
* Avro Andover
* Beardmore Inflexible
* De Havilland Okapi (DH.14) (two prototypes built)
* Hawker Hornbill
* Vickers Valentia
* Rohrbach Ro V Rocco

pecifications (Condor III)

"Data from:" Lumsden [Lumsden 2003, p.189.] pistonspecs

type=12-cylinder liquid-cooled 60 deg. Vee aircraft piston engine
bore=5.5 in (139.7 mm)
stroke=7.5 in (190.5 mm)
displacement=2,137.5 in³ (35.03 L)
length=69.3 in (1760 mm)
diameter=
width=41.1 in (1044 mm)
height=43.2 in (1097 mm)
weight=1,380 lb (628.2 kg)
valvetrain= OHC - Overhead Camshaft
supercharger=
turbocharger=
fuelsystem=2 x Claudel-Hobson carburettors
fueltype= Petrol
oilsystem=
coolingsystem=Liquid-cooled
power= 670 bhp at 1,900 rpm
specpower=
compression=5.1:1
fuelcon=
specfuelcon=
oilcon=
power/weight=2.05 lb/hp

See also

* List of aircraft engines

References

Notes

Bibliography

* Lumsden, Alec. "British Piston Engines and their Aircraft". Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-85310-294-6.

External links

* [http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/Duxford/Condor2.jpgPhoto of a Diesel version of the Condor at oldengine.org]