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Minutes of D.Eng.RD meeting held at Armstrong Siddeley Motors

Catalogue reference: PA1716/4/6/23

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This record is a file about the Minutes of D.Eng.RD meeting held at Armstrong Siddeley Motors dating from 11 October 1955.

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PA1716/4/6/23
Title
Minutes of D.Eng.RD meeting held at Armstrong Siddeley Motors
Date
11 October 1955
Description

Present: Mr RH Weir MoS; Mr Thomas Armstrong Siddeley Motors. Agenda: Sapphire. 1 Sapphire 7. 2-2 Blading designs for the research programme 1955-56. (c) Large aspect ratio (50% reaction) compressor. 2-12 Compressor development. 2-13 Turbo-rocket research programme. 3 Combustion; 3-1 vapourisers. 3-2 Altitude rig. 3-3 Ignition. 3-5 Engine tests: (a) Viper. (b) Sapphire. 3-6 Water analogy rig. 3.7 Turbo-rocket. 4.2 bearings. 4.3 Scuffing rig.4.4 Spinning. 5 Laboratory. Appendix 1: Sapphire series 2 4 & 5. Appendix 2: Python series 1 2 and 3. Appendix 3: Mamba series 1 & 2 & series 5. Appendix 4: Doule Mamba series 1. Appendix 5: Adder. Appendix 6: Viper Series 1 & 5

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Coventry Archives & Research Centre
Former department reference
Derd/1955
Language
English
Physical description
1 Item
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/740e2bb1-2b58-428d-82d1-3e637f6c71d4/

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