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== Specifications (Nomad II)== {{pistonspecs |type=Twelve-cylinder, two-stroke valveless [[diesel engine]] compounded with three-stage turbine driving both [[crankshaft]] and [[axial compressor]]. |ref=''Flight'' 1954<ref name="Flight, 30 April 1954, Napier Nomad" >{{cite journal |journal=[[Flight (magazine)|Flight]] |last=Gunston |first=Bill |authorlink=Bill Gunston |title=Napier Nomad: An engine of outstanding efficiency |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1954/1954%20-%201215.html |date=30 April 1954 |pages=543–551 |ref={{harvid|Flight (30 April 1954)}} |access-date=18 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008202652/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1954/1954%20-%201215.html }}</ref> |bore={{convert|6.00|in|mm|abbr=on}} |stroke={{convert|7.375|in|mm|abbr=on}} |displacement={{convert|2502|in3|L|1|abbr=on}} |length={{convert|119|in|mm|abbr=on}} |diameter= |width={{convert|56.25|in|mm|abbr=on}} |height={{convert|40|in|mm|abbr=on}} |weight={{convert|3580|lb|kg|abbr=on}} |valvetrain=Piston ported [[Two-stroke engine|two-stroke]] |supercharger=[[Napier Naiad]] [[turboshaft]] and gas generator, maximum boost pressure 89 psi |turbocharger=Engine exhaust gases ducted in to Naiad turbine section |fuelsystem= |fueltype|Diesel oil or kerosene or wide-cut petrol or "other fuels" |oilsystem= |coolingsystem=[[Radiator (engine cooling)|Liquid-cooled]] |power={{convert|3150|hp|kW|abbr=on}} max take-off at {{convert|89|psi|kPa|abbr=on}} boost not including 320 lbf residual [[thrust]] from the turbine at 2,050 [[Revolutions per minute|rpm]] (crankshaft) and 18,200 rpm (turbine) |specpower={{convert|1.25|hp/in3|kW/L|abbr=on|}} |compression=8.1 (cylinder ratio), 31.5:1 (overall pressure ratio) |fuelcon= |specfuelcon=0.345 lb/(ehp·h) (0.210 kg/(kW·h)) (combined unit) at 11,000 ft and 300 kn |oilcon= |power/weight={{convert|0.88|hp/lb|kW/kg|abbr=on}} }} ===Turbine section=== {{jetspecs <!-- If you do not understand how to use this template, please ask at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aircraft]] --> <!-- Please include units where appropriate (main comes first, alt in parentheses). If data are missing, leave the parameter blank (do not delete it). For additional lines, end your alt units with )</li> and start a new, fully-formatted line with <li> --> |type=[[Gas generator]] based on [[Napier Naiad]] |length= |diameter= |weight= |compressor=12-stage [[axial compressor|axial]] flow |combustion= |turbine=3-stage [[Axial turbine|axial flow]] |fueltype= |oilsystem= |power= |thrust=320 lbf residual at 18,200 rpm |compression=8.25:1 |aircon={{cvt|13.0|lb/s|kg/s}} |turbinetemp= |fuelcon= |specfuelcon= |power/weight= |thrust/weight= }}
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