Talk:Metropolitan-Vickers F.2

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F.2/1 specs

I moved out the F.2/1 specs until I can find a few more details on the engine. - Emt147 ^Burninate! 06:07, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For F.2/1:

Dimensions: 32.9" wide by 10' 8" long (833 mm x 3,251 mm)

Weight: 1,525 lb (690 kg)

Thrust: 1,800 lbf (8.0 kN or 820 kgf)

F.2/2

Should there be a reference for 'nimonic' to the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimonic ? I don't know how to do it and am afraid of messing up the interesting article. Dawright12 (talk) 15:02, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.4.57.101 (talk) 21:34, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Beryl

This was a code name but also the name of a secretary at the company 2A00:23C6:F680:2C01:ADCA:1417:790C:605A (talk) 20:52, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't. In 1948 the Ministry of Supply asked MV what naming scheme it would like to use for its engines and MV chose precious stones.

.. The 'Beryl' name was applied retroactively after the F.9 had been named 'Sapphire'.

BTW, someone asked somewhere why Metrovick left the gas turbine business after the war. Basically it was because after producing several promising and advanced experimental axial gas turbine designs the company had no facility to manufacture them in any quantity - the test engines had all been effectively hand built - such as would be required by a potential customer, basically the Ministry of Supply. An attempt was made for a licencing deal with the de Havilland Engine Co. to manufacture MV's engines but this deal fell through. Metrovick were then informed they would therefore receive no further orders or funding from the MoS so MV decided to withdraw from the gas turbine engine business and the F.9 was passed on to AS. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.8.126.91 (talk) 18:37, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]