The Napier Scorpion was a family of British liquid-fuelled rocket engines developed and made at the Napier Flight Development Establishment at Luton in the late 1950s, designed as boosters to improve take-off and high-altitude performance. Its regeneratively cooled chamber burned kerosene with high-test hydrogen peroxide, and a single steam-driven turbo-pump fed both propellants. The single-chamber Scorpion first ran on 19 May 1956 and flew in the bomb-bay of an English Electric Canberra a day later. A Canberra fitted with the twin-chamber Double Scorpion exceeded 70,000 feet on 28 August 1957, a world altitude record. The programme was cancelled in February 1959.
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developed and manufactured by Napier
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1. Napier Scorpion (Wikipedia)
Design and development, propellants
High-Test Peroxide (HTP) as oxidiser and Kerosene as fuel
Design and development, first run
First run on 19 May 1956, the N.Sc.1 Scorpion was also fired in the air on the following day
Lead, maker
developed and manufactured by Napier
In Group: Rocket Engines, Lead, kind of engine
The Napier Scorpion series of rocket engines are a family of British liquid-fuelled engines
Part Of: English Electric Canberra, Design and development, first flight
mounted in the bomb-bay of an English Electric Canberra B.2
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