Rolls-Royce Kestrel V12 engine

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The Rolls-Royce Kestrel V12 engine is a British liquid-cooled aircraft piston engine of the interwar period, widely used in RAF fighters and other military aircraft as an important step in Rolls-Royce’s development of high-performance aero engines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf V12 engine ⓘ
aircraft piston engine ⓘ
liquid-cooled aircraft engine ⓘ
application fighter aircraft ⓘ
light bombers ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
category Rolls-Royce aircraft engines ⓘ
V12 aircraft engines ⓘ
configuration 60-degree V12 ⓘ
coolingSystem liquid-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
cylinders 12 ⓘ
developedFrom Rolls-Royce K series development work ⓘ
developmentRole precursor to Rolls-Royce Merlin ⓘ
precursor to Rolls-Royce Peregrine ⓘ
displacement approximately 21 litres ⓘ
era interwar period ⓘ
fuelType aviation gasoline ⓘ
induction supercharged (in most variants) ⓘ
manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ
notableFeature high power-to-weight ratio for its time ⓘ
pioneering use of supercharging in RAF service engines ⓘ
powerOutput approximately 450–600 horsepower depending on variant ⓘ
productionPeriod late 1920s to late 1930s ⓘ
roleInHistory key step in Rolls-Royce high-performance aero engine development ⓘ
serviceEntry mid-1920s ⓘ
usedBy Finnish Air Force (via aircraft imports) ⓘ
linked to: Finnish Air Force

Luftwaffe (in prototypes and test aircraft) ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Swedish Air Force (via aircraft imports) ⓘ
linked to: Swedish Air Force
usedIn Avro Anson (early variants) ⓘ
linked to: Avro Anson

Bristol Type 123 ⓘ
Fairey Gordon ⓘ
Fokker D.XVII (some aircraft) ⓘ
Gloster Gauntlet (some prototypes and trials) ⓘ
linked to: Gloster Gauntlet

Hawker Demon ⓘ
Hawker Fury ⓘ
Hawker Hart ⓘ
Hawker Hind ⓘ
Heinkel He 112 (prototypes) ⓘ
linked to: Heinkel He 112

Heinkel He 70 (export versions) ⓘ
linked to: Heinkel He 70

Messerschmitt Bf 109 (early prototypes) ⓘ
Miles Master (early prototypes) ⓘ
linked to: Miles Master

Royal Air Force aircraft ⓘ
Supermarine Type 224 ⓘ
Vickers Jockey ⓘ
Vickers Venom ⓘ
valvetrain single overhead camshaft per bank ⓘ

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Hawker Fury → powerplant → Rolls-Royce Kestrel V12 engine ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Kestrel → family → Rolls-Royce F-series engines ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel V12 engine
Fokker D.XVII (test installations) → engineConfigurationTested → Rolls-Royce Kestrel V-12 engine ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel V12 engine