Rolls Royce Darts
The Rolls-Royce Dart (also Rolls-Royce RB.53 ) is a propeller turbine air jet engine (PTL) made by the British manufacturer Rolls-Royce .
Development began in 1946 based on experience with the Rolls-Royce Trent RB.50 PTL engine from 1945. The first prototype of the turbine was first tested in flight in 1947 in an Avro Lancaster . Production began in 1952 and ended in 1986. In total, over 7,000 units were produced. The output was initially around 1120 kW, but could be increased significantly in the course of development.
Applications
The Rolls-Royce Dart was best known for the Vickers Viscount , the first successful turbo-prop machine in the West. In addition, numerous other types of aircraft were equipped with the dart:
- Armstrong Whitworth AW650
- Avro 748
- Breguet Alizé (Dart RDa 21 from 1950 hp with water-methanol injection)
- Convair CV-600
- Convair CV-640
- Fairchild F-27
- Fairchild-Hiller FH-227
- Fokker F-27
- Grumman Gulfstream I.
- Handley Page Herald
- NAMC YS-11
Technical specifications
- Compressor: two-stage radial
- Turbine: multi-stage axial
- Combustion chambers: seven
Web links
Commons : Rolls-Royce Dart - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- EASA-TCDS-E.065 (PDF; 91 kB) - Type certification of the Dart type
- photo
- Photo of the dart in an Alize
