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Screamer
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| Country of Origin |
Britain |
| Date |
March 1954 (first static test) |
| Manufacturer |
Armstrong Siddeley |
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Liquid-fuelled engine
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| Propellant |
liquid oxygen (LOX) / |
| Turbine-driven |
| Performance |
| Thrust |
8,000 lbf |
The Armstrong Siddeley Screamer was a rocket engine intended to power the Avro 720 manned interceptor aircraft (Avro's alternative to the SR.53). Thrust was variable, up to a maximum of 8,000 lbf. [1] [2]
Work on the Screamer started in 1946, with the first static test in March 1954. The programme was cancelled, as was the Avro 720, before flight testing. [3]
In 1951, a Gloster Meteor F.8 was experimentally fitted with a Screamer mounted below the fuselage. [4][citation needed]
External links
References
- ^ "The Armstrong Siddeley Screamer, a Powerful Rocket Motor from Coventry" (27 July 1956). Flight.
- ^ S. Allen (7 Dec 1951). "Rockets for Aircraft Propulsion". The Aeroplane.
- ^ C.N. Hill (2001). A Vertical Empire: The History of the UK Rocket and Space Programme, 1950-1971. Imperial College Press, p. 28. ISBN 1860942687.
- ^ Keith Meggs. A Man and his Machines.
