The Bristol Hercules is a 14-cylinder two-row radial aircraft engine designed by Sir Roy Fedden and produced by the Bristol Engine Company starting in...

Bristol suggested that they equip the aircraft with a pair of its new Hercules engines, capable of around 1,500 hp, in place of the 1,000 hp Bristol Taurus...

Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek mythological hero Heracles. Hercules may also refer to: Hercules beetle Hercules (bear) (1975–2001), Scottish...

the design was revised as the Nord 2501, powered by the SNECMA-built Bristol Hercules 738/9 engines instead, which was found acceptable. Accordingly, the...

(160 kW). Bristol maintained the Centaurus from type-testing in 1938, but production did not start until 1942, owing to the need to get the Hercules into production...

to 35,000 lb (14,000 to 16,000 kg) and to adopt the more powerful Bristol Hercules engine to power the Freighter. It was also considered that there would...

bomber, powered by Bristol Hercules XVI engines. Stirling IV Para-dropping and glider towing assault transport, powered by Bristol Hercules XVI engines. Stirling...

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and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one of the versions, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as...

were used on variants of the aircraft, which included models of the Bristol Hercules and the Rolls-Royce Merlin engines. Recognisable characteristics of...

engines, using the Rolls-Royce Vulture, Napier Sabre, Fairey P.24 or Bristol Hercules engines. All of these engines were under development and while four-engined...

provisions for the use of Bristol Hercules as an alternative powerplant. In June 1938, mock-ups of both the AW.41 and Bristol 155 were examined, while...

250 kW) Bristol Hercules 130 engines, three built. Viking 1A Initial production version with geodetic wings and two 1,690 hp (1,261 kW) Bristol Hercules 630...

in production, but further developments led to the Bristol Hercules, Bristol Taurus, and Bristol Centaurus. The Aquila was developed two years after...

in 1943, which initially worked on a smaller proposal powered by Bristol Hercules radial engines; this was quickly superseded by a larger-capacity design...

in British aircraft engines of the 1940s, such as the Napier Sabre, Bristol Hercules, Centaurus, and the promising but never mass-produced Rolls-Royce Crecy...

various turboprop-powered designs, including the Bristol Britannia and the American-built Lockheed Hercules. Amid the latter years of the Second World War...

model was furnished with a tricycle undercarriage and powered by four Bristol Hercules radial engines, each capable of generating up to 2,100 hp (1,570 kW)...

flying boat of aluminium construction. Power was provided by four Bristol Hercules engines. The aircraft could be fitted for 24 passengers with day and...

Bristol engines or "junkhead" within Rolls-Royce White, Graham (1995). "Bristol Hercules". Allied Aircraft Piston Engines of World War II. Airlife. pp. 136–137...

(162 US gal; 610 L) + 2 x 100 imp gal (120 US gal; 450 L) Powerplant: 2 × Bristol Hercules 734 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)...

control circuit. The engines on the second prototype were changed to Bristol Hercules radials and the aircraft became the prototype Tudor 7, which did not...

key aircraft being developed by the Air Ministry, as well as Bristol Hercules engine. Bristol Aeroplane would not allow shadow factories to build complete...

rudders and retractable landing gear, powered by two 1375 hp (1025 kW) Bristol Hercules radial piston engines. The T.IX first flew on 11 September 1939, but...

engines originally took place at Rover's satellite factory (and ex-Bristol Hercules engine plant) at Acocks Green in Birmingham: vehicle assembly took...

cantilever high-wing monoplane powered by two 2,000 hp (1,491 kW) Bristol Hercules radial engines. It had a retractable tricycle landing gear and, advanced...

design changes from the Viking included the adoption of more powerful Bristol Hercules 230 radial engines, a reinforced cabin floor and a strengthened undercarriage...

four Bristol Hercules radial engines was also examined. Fixed freight compartments were also present. An enlarged design, powered by four Bristol Centaurus...

claimed; other engine layouts considered included the use of two Bristol Hercules or Bristol Centaurus radial engines. The Handley Page HP.56, always intended...

initiated. These aircraft were to be powered by the 1,375 hp (1,025 kW) Bristol Hercules, the 1,050 hp (780 kW) Rolls-Royce Merlin and the 1,090 hp (810 kW)...