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The Bristol Siddeley BS.605 was a British take off assist rocket engine of the mid-1960s that used hydrogen peroxide and kerosene propellant.

BS.605
BS.605 on display at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
Type	RATO rocket engine
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Bristol Siddeley
First run	14 March 1965
Major applications	Blackburn Buccaneer
Developed from	Armstrong Siddeley Stentor

Design and development

The BS.605 design was based on the smaller of two combustion chambers of the earlier Armstrong Siddeley Stentor. A pair of retractable BS.605 engines were fitted to Buccaneer S.50 strike aircraft of the South African Air Force for hot and high operations. The BS.605 was also considered for the Bluebird CMN-8, a design for a supersonic land speed record car, to be driven by Donald Campbell.[1]

Applications

• Blackburn Buccaneer S.50

Engines on display

• A complete BS.605 and exploded working parts of a second engine are on display at the Midland Air Museum.
• A preserved BS.605 is part of the engine collection on display at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford.[2]
• A preserved BS.605 is part of the engine collection on display at the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust in Derby.

Specifications

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General characteristics

• Type: Rocket engine
• Length: 42 in (1,067 mm)
• Diameter: 12 in (305 mm)
• Dry weight: 366 lb (166 kg)
• Fuel: Hydrogen peroxide/Kerosene

Components

• Pumps:

Performance

• Thrust: 4,000 lbf (18 kN) for 30 seconds Rated at 8,000 lbf (35.6 kN) [3]
• Burn time:

See also

Related development

• Armstrong Siddeley Stentor

Comparable engines

• de Havilland Spectre
• Napier Scorpion
• Rocketdyne AR2

Related lists

• List of aircraft engines

References

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[fr] Bristol Siddeley BS.605

Le Bristol Siddeley BS.605 était un moteur-fusée à ergols liquides britannique du milieu des années 1960, conçu par le constructeur Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd.. Servant de propulseur d'assistance au décollage (JATO) ce moteur fonctionnait grâce à un mélange de kérosène et de peroxyde d'hydrogène.

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