Rolls-Royce Welland

The Rolls- Royce Welland was the first mass-produced jet engine from Rolls -Royce. The design was used in the Gloster Meteor, the first jet-propelled fighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force ( RAF), and is named after the river Welland in the east of England.

The single-shaft turbojet engine has a centrifugal compressor, ten combustion chambers and an axial turbine. The designed by Frank Whittle at Power Jets prototype W.2B/23 kgf (6.2 kN) evolved into the Rolls- Royce B.23 with 635 thrust and first flew on 12 June 1943 in a twin Gloster F.9/40, the prototype of the Gloster Meteor. From October 1943 167 Welland engines with 770 kgf (7.5 kN) thrust Rolls- Royce in Barnoldswick ( Lancashire ) were prepared and delivered in May 1944, the Gloster Meteor twin Mk.1/Mk.3 to the Royal Air Force.

During the year 1943, the development of the larger Rolls- Royce Derwent ( B.37 ) began.

  • Diameter: 1098 mm
  • Thrust: 7.7 kN
  • Weight: 385 kg
  • Air flow: 14.6 kg / s
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