Bristol Siddeley 605

BS.605
BS.605 on display at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
Type RATO rocket engine
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Bristol Siddeley
First run 14 March 1965
Major applications Blackburn Buccaneer
Developed from Armstrong Siddeley Stentor

The Bristol Siddeley BS.605 was a British take off assist rocket engine of the mid-1960s that used hydrogen peroxide and kerosene propellant.

Design and development

The BS.605 design was based on the smaller of two combustion chambers of the earlier Armstrong Siddeley Stentor. A pair of retractable BS.605 engines were fitted to Buccaneer S.50 strike aircraft of the South African Air Force for hot and high operations. The BS.605 was also considered for the Bluebird CMN-8, a design for a supersonic land speed record car, to be driven by Donald Campbell.[1]

Applications

Engines on display

Specifications

Working parts on display at the Midland Air Museum

General characteristics

Components

Performance

See also

Related development


Related lists

References

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  1. Holthusen, Peter J.R. (1986). The Land Speed Record. p. 67. ISBN 0-85429-499-6.
  2. Royal Air Force Museum, Bristol Siddeley BS.605 Retrieved - 27 August 2014
  3. "United Kingdom Aerospace and Weapons Projects: Rocket Engines". Skomer.
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