The museum has a collection of numerous engines. Engines include:
Armstrong Siddeley Double Mamba
The Armstrong Siddeley Double Mamba was created by combining two small Armstrong Siddeley Mamba trubopropeller engines. This arrangement drove separate propellers rotating in opposite directions from the same gearbox. This engine was used mainly on the Fairey Gannett naval anti-submarine aircraft.
Armstrong Siddeley Viper
The Armstrong Siddeley Viper was originally developed as an expendable turbojet engine for the GAF Jindivik drone aircraft. It had a short lifespan of about ten hours. Later it was improved with a much longer life span and went on to power many aircraft including the RAAF’s Macchi MB326H trainers.
Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah
The Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah was a radial piston engine designed and built in Britain from the 1930s. It was simple, reliable and durable and used in training aircraft such as the Avro Anson. It remained in production between 1935 and 1948 and over 37,000 were made.
Continental R-670
The Continental R-670 was a radial piston engine designed and built in the United States in the 1930 and 1940s. Before World War 2 it was sold in small numbers for civilian use but during the war thousands were made for military use, in particular for Boeing Stearman PT-17 trainers. It was known as the W-670 in civil and the R-670 in military use.
Honeywell CTCP660
The Honeywell GTCP660-4 is an auxiliary power unit that was installed in early model Boeing 747 airliners manufactured between 1968 and 1990. Auxiliary Power Units are small engines that are run when an aircraft’s main engines are not running to supply power to the aircraft.
Lycoming TIO-541
The Lycoming TIO-541 is a small fuel injected six cylinder engine designed to power smaller aircraft. It was developed from earlier Lycoming engines with flat opposed cylinders that have powered generations of light aircraft since the 1950s.
Napier Gazelle
The Napier Gazelle was a turboshaft engine manufactured by Napier in the 1950s. It was designed to be used by helicopters. In Australia they powered the Westland Wessex anti-submarine helicopters flown by the Royal Australian Navy between 1963 and 1989.
Rolls Royce Avon
The Rolls Royce Avon was the first axial flow turbojet designed and built by Rolls Royce. It became one of that company’s most successful jet engines and powered many military and civil aircraft. In Australia the Avon powered the Canberra bomber and the Avon Sabre fighter.
de Havilland Goblin
The de Havilland Goblin turbojet engine was the second British jet engine and the first to enter production. It was simple, efficient and the world’s first reliable jet engine. Goblin’s powered some of the world’s first jet aircraft including de Havilland Vampires which were the first jets to fly in Australia.
Rolls Royce Derwent
The Rolls Royce Derwent was a turbojet engine developed by Rolls Royce during World War 2. It was designed to power Britain’s first jet fighter, the Gloster Meteor, which entered service in 1944. The RAAF flew Meteors powered by improved Derwent 9 engines during the Korean war.
Rolls Royce Griffon
The Rolls Royce Griffon V-12 piston engine was a modernized version of the famous Rolls Royce Merlin engine. Merlins powered early model Spitfires and Griffons powered the later versions. The Griffon was the last piston engine made by Rolls Royce.
Walter HWK 109-509
The Walter HWK 109-509 was a rocket motor designed and made in Germany during World War 2. For its size and weight it created enormous power. It was used in several experimental German aircraft and in the Messerschmitt Me163 interceptor fighter.
Wright Tornado
This Wright Tornado was one of a series of Tornado engines produced by the Wright Aeronautical company in the 1920s. It was based on an engine that had been developed during World War I. It powered a number of United States aircraft in the 1920s and was also used for other purposes.
Pratt & Whitney R-1830
The Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial piston engine is the most produced aero engine of all time. It powered two of the most produced aircraft, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber and the Douglas DC-3 airliner. They were license built in Australia during World War 2 and powered the locally made Beaufort bomber and Boomerang fighter.
More engines
Other engines include a Bristol Hercules and a Rolls Royce RB211 jet engine.