Armstrong Siddeley Stentor
1950s-60s British missile rocket engine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Armstrong Siddeley Stentor, latterly Bristol Siddeley BSSt.1 Stentor, was a two-chamber HTP rocket engine used to power the Blue Steel stand-off missile carried by Britain's V bomber force.[1][2] The high thrust chamber was used for the first 29 seconds, after which it was shut down and a smaller cruise chamber was used for the rest of the powered flight.[3][4][5]
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Stentor | |
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Stentor rocket engine showing the large main nozzle (top) and the smaller cruise nozzle (bottom) | |
Type | Rocket engine |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | Armstrong Siddeley |
First run | c.1960 |
Major applications | Blue Steel missile |
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