Английская Википедия:Armstrong Siddeley Double Mamba
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The Armstrong Siddeley Double Mamba is a turboprop engine design developed in the late 1940s of around Шаблон:Cvt. It was used mostly on the Fairey Gannet anti-submarine aircraft developed for the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy.
Design and development
The Double Mamba (rarely known as the Twin Mamba) was a development of the Armstrong Siddeley Mamba with two Mambas driving contra-rotating propellers through a combining gearbox.[1]
Engine starting was by cartridge, however, forced air restart was achieved in flight. One engine could be shut down in flight to conserve fuel. Shutting down one engine also stopped one of the propellers.
Variants
- ASMD.1
- Шаблон:Cvt (2 x ASMa.3) used on Fairey Gannet A.S. Mk.1 and Blackburn B-88
- ASMD.3
- Шаблон:Cvt (2 x ASMa.5) used on Fairey Gannet A.S. Mk.4
- ASMD.4
- Шаблон:Cvt (2 x ASMa.6) used on Fairey Gannet AEW Mk.3
- ASMD.8
- Шаблон:Cvt (2 x ASMa.6) used on Fairey Gannet AEW Mk.3
Applications
The Double Mamba engine was also proposed for the Westland Westminster, a 30-seat helicopter that was later built as a prototype powered by a pair of Napier Eland E220 turboshaft engines.
Engines on display
Шаблон:Unreferenced section Preserved Double Mamba engines are on public display at the:
- Australian National Aviation Museum
- Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim
- Gatwick Aviation Museum
- South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum
- Imperial War Museum Duxford
- Midland Air Museum
- Queensland Air Museum
- East Midlands Aeropark
- Museum of Berkshire Aviation
Specifications (ASMD.3)
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. Шаблон:ISBN
External links
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- ↑ Gunston 1989, p.20.
