The Rolls-Royce RB.44 Tay is a British turbojet engine of the 1940s, an enlarged version of the Rolls-Royce Nene designed at the request of Pratt & Whitney. It saw no use by British production aircraft but the design was licence built by Pratt & Whitney as the J48, and by Hispano-Suiza as the Verdon.
Two early production examples of the Tay were evaluated during 1950 by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough Airfield, Hampshire, in a specially modified Vickers Viscount.
Variants
RB.44 Tay:Rolls-Royce development engines only, no production.
Hispano-Suiza Tay 250:The Tay built under licence in France.
Hispano-Suiza Tay 250A:The Tay built under licence in France.
Hispano-Suiza Tay 250R:The Tay built under licence in France.
Hispano-Suiza Verdon 350:The Tay developed under licence in France.
Hispano-Suiza Verdon 370:The Tay developed under licence in France.
Pratt & Whitney J48: The Tay built and developed under licence in the United States.
Applications
Tay
Verdon
Specifications (Hispano-Suiza Verdon 350)
See also
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