Bristol_Thor

Bristol Thor

Bristol Thor

1950s British ramjet missile engine

The Bristol Thor, latterly Bristol Siddeley BS.1009 Thor, was a 16-inch (41 cm) diameter ramjet engine developed by Bristol Aero Engines (later Bristol Siddeley Engines) for the Bristol Bloodhound anti-aircraft missile.

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Although Bristol Aero Engines acquired ramjet technology from the US company Marquardt, BAE put considerable effort into developing the Thor unit,[1] including the construction of a high altitude test plant (HATP) at their Patchway site, with a supersonic test cell.

The Bloodhound Mk.1 could attain a speed of Mach 2.2, while the Mk.2 was capable of just over Mach 2.7.[2]

Engine identification plate

Variants

BT.1 Thor
BT.2 Thor
BT.4 Thor
BS.1009 Thor

Specifications (BT.2 Thor)

Data from [3]

General characteristics

  • Type: Ramjet
  • Length: 103.9 in (2,639 mm)
  • Diameter: 15.75 in (400 mm)
  • Dry weight:

Components

  • Compressor:

Performance

Notes

  1. [1]
    "British Ramjets". Flight. 70 (2481): 212–213. 10 August 1956.
  2. [2]
    "Bristol Thor Ramjet Engine". RAF. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  3. [3]
    Taylor, John W.R. FRHistS. ARAeS (1962). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd.
  4. [4]
    "Aero Products". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2013.

References

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  • Taylor, John W.R. FRHistS. ARAeS (1962). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd.
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