Rolls-Royce RB.44 Tay

For the later turbofan engine, see Rolls-Royce RB.183 Tay.
Tay/Verdon
A Hispano-Suiza Verdon which powered the Dassault Mystere IV, displayed at the Ailes Anciennes Toulouse.
Type Turbojet
Manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited
Major applications Dassault Mystère IV
Developed from Rolls-Royce Nene
Variants Pratt & Whitney J48

The Rolls-Royce RB.44 Tay was a British turbojet engine of the 1940s, an enlarged version of the Rolls-Royce Nene designed at the request of Pratt & Whitney.[1] It saw no use by British production aircraft but the design was licence built by Pratt & Whitney as the J48, and by Hispano-Suiza as the Verdon.[2]

Two early production examples of the Tay were evaluated during 1950 by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough Airfield, Hampshire, in a specially modified Vickers Viscount.

Variants

RB.44 Tay
Rolls-Royce development engines only, no production.
Hispano-Suiza Verdon
The Tay built and developed under licence in France.
Pratt & Whitney J48
Main article: Pratt & Whitney J48
The Tay built and developed under licence in the United States.

Applications

Two early Tay engines under test in 1950 by the RAE in a Vickers Viscount
Tay
Verdon

Specifications (Hispano-Suiza Verdon 350)

Data from Flight.[3]

General characteristics

Components

Performance

See also

Related development


Related lists

References

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Notes
  1. Connors, p.202
  2. Gunston 2006, p.101.
  3. "Aero Engines 1956". Flight. 1956. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
Bibliography
  • Connors, Jack (2010). The Engines of Pratt & Whitney: A Technical History. Reston. Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. ISBN 978-1-60086-711-8. 
  • Gunston, Bill (2006). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines, 5th Edition. Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, England, UK: Sutton Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7509-4479-X. 
  • Kay, Anthony L. (2007). Turbojet History and Development 1930-1960 1 (1st ed.). Ramsbury: The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-86126-912-6. 
  • "Aero Engines 1956". Flight. 1956. Retrieved 8 January 2013. 
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