The Napier Cub was an unusual, very large experimental aero engine of 1,000 horsepower, a sixteen-cylinder liquid-cooled design arranged in a flattened X, built by D. Napier and Son in 1922. Four banks of four cylinders were set so that the outer banks met at 90 degrees, with each cylinder a separate steel forging in a welded steel water jacket, and the engine displaced about 60 litres. It was the only X-pattern engine Napier produced. It first flew on 15 December 1922 in an Avro Aldershot bomber, and its only other application was the Blackburn Cubaroo. Only six engines were ordered and built.
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built by the British engine company D. Napier & Son
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16-cylinder 'X' pattern liquid-cooled aero engine
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16-cylinder 'X' pattern liquid-cooled aero engine
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Fuel type: Petrol
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First flown on 15 December 1922 in an Avro Aldershot biplane bomber aircraft
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built by the British engine company D. Napier & Son
In Group: Piston Aero Engines, Lead, kind of engine
very large experimental 1,000 horsepower (750 kW) 16-cylinder
Part Of: Avro 549 Aldershot, Lead, Aldershot
First flown on 15 December 1922 in an Avro Aldershot biplane bomber aircraft
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