Prototype Napier Naiad Turboprop Engine

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Prototype Napier Naiad Turboprop Engine
Manufacturer	Napier
Production years	1948
Production location	(unknown)

Prototype Napier Naiad turboprop engine, 1948

Napier had been one of the three main aero engine producers during the Second World War. In the post-war era it pioneered the turbo-prop engine which adapted Frank Whittle’s new jet concept for civil aviation.

However, in this period the company was commercially unsuccessful and depended largely on Government contracts, reflecting Britain’s high R&D spend on advanced aviation developments.

[edit] How it works

A jet engine takes air in through the front of the engine, and blows it out at high speed from the back; this produces thrust in line with Newton’s third law of motion. In the case of a turboprop engine, however, most of the thrust is provided by the propeller driven by the turbine.

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[edit] Memories

[edit] In the Science Museum'

The Museum acquired this object in 1982 from Cranfield University. Inv. No: 1982-1348.

This object is currently on display in the Dan Dare & the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition at the Science Museum, London.