| Rolls-Royce
began development of the RB.53 Dart in 1946. A
turboprop engine, the Dart first flew in a Lancaster engine test
aircraft in 1947. Production began in 1952 for the Viscount.
Over 7,000 engines were produced before the Dart
went out of production in the late 1990s. |
|
 | Turboprop |
| Compressor: 2-stage centrifugal |
| Turbine: 3-stage axial |
| Mass flow: 21.5 lbs/sec |
| Pressure ratio: 5.4 |
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