Engine

Napier Sabre

Aircraft Engines

The Napier Sabre is a British H-24 configuration, liquid cooled, sleeve valve piston aero engine designed by Major Frank Halford and built by D. Napier & Son, first running in January 1938. Developed versions reached as much as 3,500 horsepower, and the Sabre powered the Hawker Typhoon and Hawker Tempest fighters of the Second World War, the Tempest becoming the principal destroyer of the V-1 flying bomb; early production and reliability problems were resolved by 1944, after which the Sabre was recognized as one of the most powerful inline piston aircraft engines in the world.

Facts
Classification
Fuel or Cycle
Gasoline / Petrol 1
Configuration
H Configuration 1
Year
1938 1
Cylinder Count
24 1
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Frank Halford, Figures
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Frank Halford, Figures
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designed by Major Frank Halford and built by D. Napier & Son during World War II
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1. Napier Sabre (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: fueltype
    100/130 octane petrol
  • Infobox: engine_type
    Liquid-cooled H-24 sleeve valve piston aero engine
  • Lead, maker
    designed by Major Frank Halford and built by D. Napier & Son during World War II
  • Infobox, first_run field
    January 1938
  • Lead sentence
    The Napier Sabre is a British H-24, liquid-cooled, sleeve valve, piston aero engine, designed by Major Frank Halford and built by D.
  • Invented By: Frank Halford, Lead
    The Napier Sabre is a British H-24, liquid-cooled, sleeve valve, piston aero engine, designed by Major Frank Halford
  • Pioneered By: Frank Halford, Lead
    The Napier Sabre is a British H-24, liquid-cooled, sleeve valve, piston aero engine, designed by Major Frank Halford
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