The Brandner E-300 was an Egyptian

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 for the

Helwan HA-300 The Helwan HA-300 ( ar, حلوان ٣٠٠) was a single-engine, delta-wing, light supersonic interceptor aircraft developed in Egypt during the 1960s. At various stages, Spain and India were involved in the development program. Spain was fina ...

light jet fighter.

Development

Austrian engineer

Ferdinand Brandner Ferdinand Brandner (17 November 1903 – 20 December 1986) was an Austrian aerospace designer and an SS '' Standartenführer'' in Nazi Germany. While interned in the Soviet Union under Operation Osoaviakhim following World War II, he played a maj ...

, who had worked in the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

, leading the development of the

Kuznetsov NK-12 The Kuznetsov NK-12 is a Soviet turboprop engine of the 1950s, designed by the Kuznetsov design bureau. The NK-12 drives two large four-bladed contra-rotating propellers, diameter (NK-12MA), and diameter (NK-12MV). It is the most powerful ...

turboprop A turboprop is a turbine engine that drives an aircraft propeller. A turboprop consists of an intake, reduction gearbox, compressor, combustor, turbine, and a propelling nozzle. Air enters the intake and is compressed by the compressor. Fuel ...

, the powerplant of the

Tupolev Tu-95 The Tupolev Tu-95 (russian: Туполев Ту-95; NATO reporting name: "Bear") is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the Long-Range Aviation of the ...

bomber, moved to Egypt to lead a team to design an engine to power the

jet fighter that was simultaneously being designed by a team of Germans led by

Willy Messerschmitt Wilhelm Emil "Willy" Messerschmitt (; 26 June 1898 – 15 September 1978) was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer. In 1934, in collaboration with Walter Rethel, he designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109, which became the most important ...

. The new engine underwent bench testing in 1963, and was flight tested under the wing of an

Antonov An-12 The Antonov An-12 (Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10 and has many variants. For more than thr ...

, before being installed in a

HAL HF-24 Marut The HAL HF-24 Marut ("Spirit of the Tempest") was an Indian fighter-bomber aircraft of the 1960s. Developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), with Kurt Tank as lead designer. The Project Engineer from HAL was George William Benjamin. It ...

for high speed testing, in which form it flew on 29 March 1967.Taylor 1969, p. 671. The E-300 was installed in the third HA-300 prototype (the first two were powered by Bristol Siddeley Orpheus engines), but attempts to fly it were unsuccessful. The programme of HA-300 was abandoned in May 1969.

Variants

;E-300-A :Military version for HA-300 ;E-300-C1 :Civil version of E-300-A, proposed for Project 206 three-engined airliner. ;E-300-C2 :Proposed growth version of E-300-C1. ;E-300-AF :Projected turbofan development.

Specifications (variant)

References

Bibliography

* Taylor, John W. R. ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969-70''. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1969.

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