Bristol Lucifer

Lucifer
Bristol Lucifer, installed in an LFG V44 "D-669"
Type Piston aero engine
Manufacturer Bristol Aeroplane Company
First run 1919
Major applications Avro 504



The Bristol Lucifer was a British three-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine for aircraft. Built in the UK in the 1920s by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, it produced 100 horsepower (75 kW).

The Lucifer was originally a Cosmos Engineering engine, Cosmos being taken over by Bristol in 1920.

Applications

Specifications (Lucifer 1)

Bristol Lucifer, view of sectioned cylinder.

Data from Lumsden[1]

General characteristics

Components

Performance

See also


Comparable engines
Related lists

References

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Notes

  1. Lumsden 2003, p. 93.

Bibliography

  • Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-85310-294-6.


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