De Havilland Spectre

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The de Havilland Spectre was a rocket engine built by de Havilland in the post Second World War period. It was one element of the intended mixed powerplant for combination rocket-jet interceptor aircraft for the RAF.

It was a two-fuel motor burning kerosene and hydrogen peroxide. The power could be controlled from 10-100% delivering 8,000 lbf (35.7 kN) of thrust at full power

In the Saunders-Roe SR.53 it used the same fuel tanks as the turbojet engines and if run at full power was expected to consume the full load in about seven minutes.

After merging of interests, it was manufactured by Bristol Siddeley.

[edit] See also

• de Havilland Double Spectre
• List of aircraft engines

[edit] External links

• Spectre at United Kingdom Aerospace and Weapons Projects