The Armstrong Siddeley ASA.1 Adder was an early
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turbojet
The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft. It consists of a gas turbine with a propelling nozzle. The gas turbine has an air inlet which includes inlet guide vanes, a compressor, a combustion chamber, and ...
engine developed by the
Armstrong Siddeley
Armstrong Siddeley was a British engineering group that operated during the first half of the 20th century. It was formed in 1919 and is best known for the production of luxury vehicles and aircraft engines.
The company was created following ...
company and first run in November 1948.
Design and development
The Adder, a turbojet derivative of the
Armstrong Siddeley Mamba
The Armstrong Siddeley Mamba was a British turboprop engine produced by Armstrong Siddeley in the late 1940s and 1950s, producing around 1,500 effective horsepower (1,100 kW).
Armstrong Siddeley gas turbine engines were named after snak ...
, was originally developed as an expendable engine to power the
Jindivik 1 target drone. The engine was then developed into a longer-life engine before evolving into the more-powerful
Armstrong Siddeley Viper
The Armstrong Siddeley Viper is a British turbojet engine developed and produced by Armstrong Siddeley and then by its successor companies Bristol Siddeley and Rolls-Royce Limited. It entered service in 1953 and remained in use with the Royal ...
.
The ASA.1 Adder was flight tested in the rear-turret position of the
Avro Lancaster III ''SW342'', the aircraft also having been previously modified and used for icing trials of the Mamba by Armstrong Siddeley's Flight Test Department at
Bitteswell
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.
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GAF Pika
The GAF Jindivik is a radio-controlled target drone produced by the Australian Government Aircraft Factories (GAF). The name is from an Aboriginal Australian word meaning "the hunted one". Two manually-controlled prototypes, were built as the GAF ...
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Saab 210
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Specifications
See also
References
Further reading
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External links
Minijets websitea 1951 ''Flight'' article
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Adder
1940s turbojet engines