Napier Sabre

[DADE]

Somebody asked about Napier Sabre manuals, but at the time we had nothing. This booklet has turned up and maybe of interest.

[airnutz]

What a glorious piece of engineering...sure would love to hear the H-24 in the wild. One of our Brit friends on the Flypast forum said...in effect..."There were no engineers available to get the Napier Sabre running again as those chaps had long ago all been shuffled off to the looney houses due to the demands of keeping the beast in service."

[James D]

Fascinating!
Also I draw technical illustrations for my work, so it's doubly of interest.

[DADE]

For you James D

[Shawn M]

that is fantastic!
what a treasure

[James D]

Brilliant stuff.

[airnutz]

Animation can be helpful. Courtesy of the Hawker Tempest website and animator Sergio Pasquali...
http://www.hawkertempest.se/index.php/c ... o-pasquali

[DADE]

What a great forum for these types of planes and the engines it used. Thanks airnutz.

[Mark Allen M]

From my files












Napier Sabre engine mounted on test rig


Sabre engine fitted to Vickers Warwick III


Napier hanger with Tempest NX-238 & an Avro Lincoln


Avro Lincoln RX-402 entering Napier hanger on skat




A ground crew switches out a Typhoon’s Napier Sabre engine

[OZFURYFAN]

Mark, you are a legend!! Those pics are awesome, love the one of the truck & display engine, fascinating insight into a unique engine!

[DADE]

Well done Mark, as usual lovely pictures. Thank goodness that the jet engine came along just when the engines using propellers were hitting problems with power and reliability.

[airnutz]

What a great forum for these types of planes and the engines it used. Thanks airnutz.

Yer welcome...imagine all that motion going on internally at almost 4000 rpm in the Mk VII? A few grains of sand or a healthy backfire and the wheels come off the cart..

[DADE]

Some more Napier Sabre diagrams

[DADE]

[OZFURYFAN]

Dade, if you ever decide to copy that manual I would love a copy, I do a little work on sleeve valve radials:)) Pete