Rolls-Royce Gem

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The Rolls-Royce Gem is a turboshaft engine primarily used to power light helicopters, notably the Westland Lynx.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rolls-Royce Gem canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf turboshaft engine ⓘ
applicationRole attack helicopter ⓘ
light helicopter ⓘ
naval helicopter ⓘ
category 1960s turboprop and turboshaft engines ⓘ
Rolls-Royce aircraft engines ⓘ
helicopter turboshaft engines ⓘ
compressorStages single-stage centrifugal compressor ⓘ
three-stage axial compressor ⓘ
compressorType axial-centrifugal ⓘ
configuration three-shaft ⓘ
controlSystem hydro-mechanical fuel control ⓘ
cooling air-cooled turbine blades ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
designGoal compact installation for naval helicopters ⓘ
provide high performance for Westland Lynx ⓘ
developmentStart 1960s ⓘ
enteredService 1970s ⓘ
enteredServiceOn Westland Lynx ⓘ
feature free power turbine ⓘ
reverse-flow combustor ⓘ
firstRun 1969 ⓘ
fuelType aviation kerosene ⓘ
ignitionSystem dual ignition ⓘ
manufacturer Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Limited ⓘ
linked to: Turbomeca

Rolls-Royce plc ⓘ
Turbomeca ⓘ
market military helicopter market ⓘ
notableFeature compact design for light helicopters ⓘ
high power-to-weight ratio ⓘ
notableOperator British Army Air Corps ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
powerOutput approximately 1000 shp ⓘ
approximately 900 shp ⓘ
primaryUse helicopter propulsion ⓘ
shaftArrangement coaxial shafts ⓘ
status in service ⓘ
turbineStages two-stage gas generator turbine ⓘ
two-stage power turbine ⓘ
usedFor anti-submarine warfare helicopters ⓘ
attack helicopter prototypes ⓘ
battlefield utility helicopters ⓘ
usedOnAircraft Agusta A129 Mangusta ⓘ
Westland Lynx ⓘ
Westland WG.13 Lynx prototype ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Lynx HMA8 → engineModel → Rolls-Royce Gem ⓘ
Westland Lynx → engineModel → Rolls-Royce Gem ⓘ