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Armstrong Siddeley Stentor

1950s-60s British missile rocket engine

Field	Value
name	Stentor
image	File:AS Stentor RRHT.jpg
caption	Stentor rocket engine showing the large main nozzle (top) and the smaller cruise nozzle (bottom)
engine_type	Rocket engine
manufacturer	Armstrong Siddeley
national_origin	United Kingdom
first_run	c.1960
major_applications	Blue Steel missile

The Armstrong Siddeley Stentor, latterly Bristol Siddeley BSSt.1 Stentor, was a two-chamber HTP rocket engine used to power the Blue Steel stand-off missile carried by Britain's V bomber force. The high thrust chamber was used for the first 29 seconds, after which it was shut down and a smaller cruise chamber was used for the rest of the powered flight.{{cite web |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420054855/http://www.skomer.u-net.com/projects/stentor.htm |archive-date=2008-04-20

Design and development

It was fuelled by hydrogen peroxide with kerosene.

The engine incorporated an integral tubular mounting frame which was attached by six lugs to the rear bulkhead of the missile airframe, the complete engine being enclosed in a tube-shaped fairing with the nozzles at the rear.

Applications

Blue Steel missile

Engines on display

Preserved Stentor engines are on display at the following museums:

Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
Midland Air Museum
The University of Liverpool – On display at the Brodie Tower foyer of the Department of Engineering.
South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum, Doncaster
Newark Air Museum, Nottinghamshire
Cambridge Science Centre, Cambridge

Specifications

Cut-away Stentor on display at the [[Royal Air Force Museum Cosford

and start a new, fully-formatted line with -- smaller cruise chamber rated at 6,000 lbf |thrust/weight= Specific impulse: ~220 isp

References

Millard, Douglas. (2001). "The Black Arrow Rocket". Science Museum.
S.D.4766B, Vol.1, Sect.4 - July 63

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