Bristol Jupiter engine

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The Bristol Jupiter engine is a British air-cooled radial aircraft engine from the early 20th century that became widely used and influential in both military and civilian aviation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bristol Jupiter radial engine 3
Bristol Jupiter engine canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft engine ⓘ
piston engine ⓘ
acquiredFrom Cosmos Engineering ⓘ
bore about 5.75 inches ⓘ
configuration radial ⓘ
coolingMethod air‑cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
cylinderArrangement single‑row radial ⓘ
designer Roy Fedden ⓘ
developedFrom earlier Cosmos Jupiter design ⓘ
displacement about 28 litres ⓘ
enteredService 1920s ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
firstRunDate early 1920s ⓘ
fuelType aviation gasoline ⓘ
historicalSignificance widely used and influential in interwar aviation ⓘ
influenced Bristol Mercury ⓘ
Bristol Pegasus ⓘ
Gnome‑Rhône 9 Jupiter ⓘ
licenseBuiltBy Gnome‑Rhône ⓘ
Nakajima ⓘ
PZL ⓘ
licenseBuiltIn Czechoslovakia ⓘ
France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
manufacturer Bristol Aeroplane Company ⓘ
notableApplication Bristol Bulldog ⓘ
Handley Page H.P.42 ⓘ
Junkers F.13 (licensed versions) ⓘ
linked to: Junkers F 13

Potez 29 (licensed versions) ⓘ
notableVariant Jupiter VI ⓘ
Jupiter VII ⓘ
Jupiter VIII ⓘ
linked to: Jupiter VII
numberOfCylinders 9 ⓘ
powerOutputRange 300–600 horsepower ⓘ
productionPeriod 1920s–1930s ⓘ
status obsolete ⓘ
stroke about 7.5 inches ⓘ
supercharging some variants supercharged ⓘ
usedIn airliners ⓘ
bombers ⓘ
civil aircraft ⓘ
fighters ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
valveType overhead poppet valves ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Roy Fedden → workedOn → Bristol Jupiter engine ⓘ
Junkers W 34 → powerplant → Bristol Jupiter radial engine ⓘ
linked to: Bristol Jupiter engine
Handley Page HP.42 → powerplant → Bristol Jupiter radial engine ⓘ
subject linked to: Handley Page HP.42 airliner
linked to: Bristol Jupiter engine
Bristol Bulldog → engineType → Bristol Jupiter radial engine ⓘ
linked to: Bristol Jupiter engine
Roy Fedden → designed → Bristol Jupiter engine ⓘ
subject linked to: Fedden