Brandner E-300

Development

Austrian engineer Ferdinand Brandner, who had worked in the Soviet Union, leading the development of the Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop, the powerplant of the Tupolev Tu-95 bomber, moved to Egypt to lead a team to design an engine to power the Helwan HA-300 jet fighter that was simultaneously being designed by a team of Germans led by Willy Messerschmitt.

The new engine underwent bench testing in 1963, and was flight tested under the wing of an Antonov An-12, before being installed in a HAL HF-24 Marut for high speed testing, in which form it flew on 29 March 1967. The E-300 was installed in the third HA-300 prototype (the first two were powered by Bristol Siddeley Orpheus engines), but testing stopped in the taxi-test stage before flight tests. The programme of HA-300 was abandoned in May 1969.

Variants

;E-300-A :Military version for HA-300 ;E-300-C1 :Civil version of E-300-A, proposed for Project 206 three-engined airliner. ;E-300-C2 :Proposed growth version of E-300-C1. ;E-300-AF :Projected turbofan development.

Specifications (variant)

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References

Bibliography

• Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969-70. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1969.

References

1. Taylor 1969, p. 671.
2. Group Captain Kapil Bhargava. "Messerschmitt's HA-300 and its Indian Connection". Indian Air Force.