Bristol Jupiter

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The Bristol Jupiter was a widely used British air-cooled radial aircraft engine of the 1920s and 1930s that powered numerous military and civilian aircraft worldwide.

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Bristol Jupiter canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf air-cooled engine
aircraft engine
application civil aircraft
military aircraft
configuration 9-cylinder radial
coolingSystem air-cooled
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
designer Roy Fedden
developedInto Bristol Mercury
Bristol Pegasus
displacement about 28 litres
era interwar period
firstRunDate 1920
fuelType aviation gasoline
ignition dual ignition
licenseProductionIn Czechoslovakia
France
Italy
Japan
Poland
Soviet Union
manufacturer Bristol Aeroplane Company
notableFeature used in numerous aircraft types worldwide
widely licensed for production abroad
notableFor high reliability for its time
poweredAircraft Avia BH-21J
Avia BH-33
Breguet 19 (some variants)
linked to: Breguet 19

Bristol Bulldog
Bristol Jupiter Fighter
Bristol Ten-Seater
Bristol Type 101
Bristol Type 105 Bulldog prototype
Bristol Type 99 Badminton
Farman F.60 Goliath (re-engined examples)
linked to: Farman F.60 Goliath

Fokker F.VII
Fokker F.VIIa
Fokker F.VIIb-3m
Handley Page W.8 (re-engined examples)
linked to: Handley Page W.8

Junkers A 35 (licensed installations)
linked to: Junkers W 33

Junkers K 37 (licensed installations)
Letov Š-20J
linked to: Letov Š-328

Letov Š-231
Letov Š-31
Nakajima A1N (licensed engine)
Nakajima Type 91 (licensed engine)
PWS-10
PZL P.11 prototype
PZL P.7
Potez 25
powerOutputRange 300 to 600 horsepower
productionPeriodEnd 1930s
productionPeriodStart 1920s
successor Bristol Mercury
Bristol Pegasus
usedBy French Air Force
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Polish Air Force
Royal Air Force
usedInConflict Chaco War
Second World War
linked to: World War II

Spanish Civil War
valvetrain overhead poppet valves

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Bristol Pegasus developedFrom Bristol Jupiter
subject linked to: Bristol Pegasus radial engine
Bristol Aeroplane Company notableProduct Bristol Jupiter
Bristol Mercury relatedEngine Bristol Jupiter
Westland Wapiti powerplant Bristol Jupiter