The Napier Naiad is a British

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gas-turbine engine designed and built by D. Napier & Son in the late 1940s. It was the company's first gas turbine engine. A twin version known as the Coupled Naiad was developed but both engine projects were cancelled before finding a market. The Naiad was also used, in adapted form, in the Napier Nomad turbo-compound engine design.

Applications

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- Test bed only

Engines on display

A Napier Naiad is on display at the

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.Science Museum Wiki page - Napier Naiad
Retrieved: 28 July 2009

Specifications (Naiad)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* Gunston, Bill. ''World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines''. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989.

External links

a 1948 ''Flight'' article {{napierengines Napier aircraft engines 1940s turboprop engines Axial-compressor gas turbine engines