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    The Rolls-Royce RB.108 was a British jet engine designed in the mid-1950s by Rolls-Royce specifically for use as a VTOL lift engine. It was also used to...
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    The Rolls-Royce RB.109 Tyne is a twin-shaft turboprop engine developed in the mid to late 1950s by Rolls-Royce Limited to a requirement for the Vickers...
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  • by two Bristol Orpheus turbojets mounted at the wingtips, with 10 Rolls-Royce RB.108 lift jets. The pilot was to lie in a prone position to minimise drag...
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    developed by Short Brothers. It was powered by an arrangement of five Rolls-Royce RB.108 turbojets, four of which were used for vertical flight and one for...
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    General Electric J85 Ishikawajima-Harima J3 Rolls-Royce RB.108 Rolls-Royce RB.145 Rolls-Royce RB.162 Rolls-Royce Soar Armstrong Siddeley Viper Related lists...
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    Pegasus Rolls-Royce Pennine Rolls-Royce Peregrine Rolls-Royce R Rolls-Royce RB.44 Tay Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent Rolls-Royce RB.106 Rolls-Royce RB.108 Rolls-Royce...
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    Deviating from the vectored thrust engine concept of the VAK 191B, five Rolls-Royce RB.108 turbojet lift engines with 9 kN (2,000 lbf) thrust each were mounted...
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    the Armstrong-Siddeley Viper ASV11, the Continental Gabizo, the Rolls-Royce RB.108, and the Fairchild J83-R-1 had been studied during the early stages...
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    upward thrust. An early experimental program using lift engines was the Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig (TMR), nicknamed the "Flying Bedstead", first run...
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    configuration, it became the Balzac V. This was fitted with eight Rolls-Royce RB.108 lift engines along with a single unreheated Bristol Orpheus BOr 3...
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    ticket? Don't blame RB Royce Freeman". Orange County Register. Retrieved February 1, 2019. Garcia, Gus (August 13, 2018). "Royce Freeman broke records...
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    The MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce MTR390 is a turboshaft developed for light helicopter applications by MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce (MTR). The engine is designed...
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    the Bristol Siddeley BS.100, Rolls-Royce Medway and Pegasus, Rolls-Royce/MAN Turbo RB153/RB193, Rolls-Royce RB.108 and the RB.162. All of the NATO requirements...
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  • replacement, early 1960s. Design featured two Rolls-Royce Spey engines with vectored thrust and two Rolls-Royce RB.108 lift jets in the nose to lower approach...
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  • International Aero Engines (category Rolls-Royce)
    original collaboration involved Pratt & Whitney of the United States, Rolls-Royce plc of the United Kingdom, Japanese Aero Engine Corporation of Japan...
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    re-registered as G-MIOO. M.100 Mk.3 Centurion: 1,400 lbf (6,227.51 N) Rolls-Royce RB.108 engine (de-rated) ; not built. M.100 Mk.4 Centurion: 1,405 lbf (6...
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    Later revisions of the Avro 776 substituted the RB.178 engine for the newer turbofan, the Rolls-Royce RB211, the development of the latter being supported...
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    of RB-211 production to Canadian manufacturer Orenda Engines. The British government agreed to approve a large state subsidy to restart Rolls-Royce operations...
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  • specific fuel consumption. Prior to that study the IAE shareholders Rolls-Royce plc, Pratt & Whitney and MTU Aero Engines had examined several configuration...
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    operations market for the V2500 is close to US$3 billion as of 2015. Rolls-Royce based the 10-stage HP compressor on an 8-stage run in the RB401 in the...
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    powerplant had been selected in place of the British-built Canberra's Rolls-Royce Avons as the USAF had placed an emphasis on operations within hot climates...
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    and build an engine in this class. They considered Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, and GE Aviation as potential partners, and after two company executives...
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    R.B.1 / Iris I Prototype, wooden hull and mixed construction wings, powered by three 650 hp (485 kW) Rolls-Royce Condor III engines. One built. R.B.1A...
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    065 lb (7,741 kg) Gross weight: 23,350 lb (10,591 kg) Powerplant: 3 × Rolls-Royce F.XII MS V-12 liquid-cooled piston engines, 525 hp (391 kW) each Propellers:...
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    Zonda Revolucion Peugeot 108 Peugeot 308 SW Porsche 911 RSR Racecar Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 Qoros 3 Hatch Renault Twingo Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II Toyota...
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    differed from the Iris by replacing the Rolls-Royce Condor engines of the Iris by more powerful Rolls-Royce Buzzards and having an enclosed cockpit for...
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    On 20 September 1945, a heavily modified Meteor I, powered by two Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent turbine engines driving propellers, became the first turboprop...
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    Supersonic research aircraft modified Fairey Battle – Engine testbed for Rolls-Royce Exe, Fairey Prince (H-16) and Napier Dagger. Fairey Delta 1 – Delta-wing...
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    to June 1971. In April 1973, XA903 started flying with an underslung Rolls-Royce RB.199 turbofan destined for the Panavia Tornado. XA903 was the last B...
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    centrally mounted turbojet engine; Petter had held discussions with Rolls-Royce Ltd on the topic of the development of a scaled-up derivative of the...
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