Rolls-Royce Dart Information & Rolls-Royce Dart Links at HealthHaven.com

Dart
	Rolls-Royce Dart RDa. 3 Mk506
Type	Turboprop
Manufacturer	Rolls-Royce Limited
First run	1946
Major applications	Vickers Viscount
Number built	>7,100

The Rolls-Royce RB.53 Dart was a long-lived British turboprop engine designed, built and manufactured by Rolls-Royce Limited. First produced in the late 1940s, it powered the first Vickers Viscount maiden flight in 1948. The Dart was still in production until the last F-27s and H.S 748s were produced in 1987.

[edit] Applications

Largely associated with the very successful Vickers Viscount medium range airliner it powered a number of other European and Japanese designs in the 1950s and 60s. The list includes:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy medium-range transport (C Mk 1 variant)
Avro 748 Feeder airliner
Breguet Alizé anti-submarine aircraft: Dart RDa 21 1950hp with water/methanol injection
Conroy Turbo Three
Fokker F.27 small airliner
Grumman Gulfstream I Executive/Passenger aircraft
Handley Page Dart Herald small airliner
Hawker Siddeley Andover military transport
NAMC YS-11 short/medium range airliner (Japanese Aircraft)
Some Douglas DC-3 transport aircraft have been upgraded to use Darts. DC-3's in BEA service which received this update were called Pionairs.

Power output was around 1,500 hp (1,120 kW) in early versions, and close to twice that in later versions, such as those which powered the NAMC YS-11 airliner. Some versions of the engine were fitted with water methanol injection, which acted as a power restorative in hot and high conditions.

[edit] Specifications (Dart RDa.7)

A Rolls-Royce Dart mounted on a Fokker F-27.

Data from Gunston^[1]

General characteristics

Type: Turboprop
Length:
Diameter:
Dry weight:

Components

Compressor: 2-stage centrifugal
Combustors: 7 combustion chambers
Turbine: 3-stage
Fuel type: Kerosene

Performance

Maximum Power output: 1,800 shp
Overall pressure ratio: 5.4:1
Power-to-weight ratio:

[edit] See also

Related lists

List of aircraft engines

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

^ Gunston 1989, p.149.

[edit] Bibliography

Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Rolls-Royce Dart

Vickers Viscount and RR Dart history

This aircraft engine article is missing some (or all) of its specifications. If you have a source, you can help Wikipedia by adding them.

[0] Gunston 1989, p.149.

[1]

Contents