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 |
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]
It was fuelled by hydrogen peroxide with kerosene. [1]
The engine incorporated an integral tubular mounting frame which was attached by six lugs to the rear bulkhead of the missile airframe, the complete engine being enclosed in a tube-shaped fairing with the nozzles at the rear.
Preserved Stentor engines are on display at the following museums:
Data from [6]
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In early 1956, the government contracted Armstrong Siddeley to develop a second HTP engine, this time for a quite different kind of vehicle called Blue Steel. [...] Blue Steel's engine was called Stentor
Burning HTP and kerosene, it produced a S.I. around 220.
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 |
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]
It was fuelled by hydrogen peroxide with kerosene. [1]
The engine incorporated an integral tubular mounting frame which was attached by six lugs to the rear bulkhead of the missile airframe, the complete engine being enclosed in a tube-shaped fairing with the nozzles at the rear.
Preserved Stentor engines are on display at the following museums:
Data from [6]
Related development
Related lists
In early 1956, the government contracted Armstrong Siddeley to develop a second HTP engine, this time for a quite different kind of vehicle called Blue Steel. [...] Blue Steel's engine was called Stentor
Burning HTP and kerosene, it produced a S.I. around 220.