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Bristol Phoenix

1920s British piston aircraft engine

Field	Value
name	Phoenix
image	BristolPhoenix.JPG
engine_type	Diesel aircraft engine
manufacturer	Bristol Aeroplane Company
first_run	1928
major_applications	Westland Wapiti

The Phoenix was an experimental version of the Bristol Aeroplane Company's Pegasus engine, adapted to run on the Diesel cycle. Only a few were built between 1928 and 1932, although samples fitted to a Westland Wapiti held the altitude record for diesel-powered aircraft at 27,453 ft (8,368 m) from 11 May 1934 until World War II. The primary advantage of the Phoenix was better fuel efficiency at cruise, by up to 35%.

Variants

Phoenix I: Diesel version of the Pegasus IF, 380 hp.
Phoenix IIM: Medium-supercharged diesel version of Pegasus IM, 470 hp.

Applications

Westland Wapiti

Specifications (Phoenix I)

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References

Notes

Bibliography

Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989.
Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .

References

Gunston 1989, p.32.
Lumsden 2003, p.114.

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