Bristol Mercury

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The Bristol Mercury was a widely used British nine-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine developed in the 1920s–30s and fitted to numerous European fighter and bomber designs.

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Label Occurrences
Bristol Mercury canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft engine ⓘ
piston engine ⓘ
applicationType fighter aircraft ⓘ
light bomber aircraft ⓘ
trainer aircraft ⓘ
bore 5.75 in ⓘ
compressionRatio 5.3:1 ⓘ
configuration nine-cylinder radial ⓘ
coolingSystem air-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
designer Roy Fedden ⓘ
developer Bristol Aeroplane Company ⓘ
developmentStartDate 1920s ⓘ
displacement 1,520 cu in ⓘ
24.9 L ⓘ
era interwar period ⓘ
family Bristol radial engine family ⓘ
firstRunDate 1925 ⓘ
fuelSystem carburettor ⓘ
inServicePeriod 1930s ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
licenseBuiltBy NOHAB ⓘ
PZL ⓘ
Tampella ⓘ
licenseBuiltIn Finland ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
manufacturer Bristol Aeroplane Company ⓘ
notableFeature high power-to-weight ratio for its time ⓘ
short-stroke design ⓘ
sleeve-valve development precursor ⓘ
propellerDrive reduction gear ⓘ
relatedEngine Bristol Jupiter ⓘ
Bristol Pegasus ⓘ
stroke 6.5 in ⓘ
successor Bristol Taurus ⓘ
linked to: Bristol Pegasus
supercharger single-stage supercharger ⓘ
typicalPowerOutput 600–900 hp range ⓘ
800 hp ⓘ
usedInConflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
usedOnAircraft Avro Anson (early versions) ⓘ
linked to: Avro Anson

Bristol Blenheim ⓘ
Bristol Bulldog ⓘ
Fokker D.XXI ⓘ
Gloster Gladiator ⓘ
PZL P.11 ⓘ
PZL.23 Karaś ⓘ
PZL.37 Łoś ⓘ
Westland Lysander ⓘ
valvetrain overhead poppet valves ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PZL P.11 → engineModel → Bristol Mercury ⓘ
Supermarine Sea Otter → engineModel → Bristol Mercury ⓘ
Bristol Aeroplane Company → notableProduct → Bristol Mercury ⓘ
Bristol Jupiter → influenced → Bristol Mercury ⓘ
subject linked to: Bristol Jupiter engine
Bristol Jupiter → developedInto → Bristol Mercury ⓘ
Bristol Jupiter → successor → Bristol Mercury ⓘ