Brandner E-300

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E-300
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Egyptian E-300 engine undergoing testing
Type Turbojet
National origin Egypt
Manufacturer Egyptian General Aero Organisation
Major applications Helwan HA-300

The Brandner E-300 was an Egyptian turbojet engine, developed for the Helwan HA-300 light jet fighter.

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Development

Austrian engineer Ferdinand Brandner, who had worked in the Soviet Union, leading the development of the Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop, the powerplant of the Tupolev Tu-95 bomber, moved to Egypt to lead a team to design an engine to power the Helwan HA-300 jet fighter that was simultaneously being designed by a team of Germans led by Willy Messerschmitt.

The new engine underwent bench testing in 1963, and was flight tested under the wing of an Antonov An-12, before being installed in a HAL HF-24 Marut for high speed testing, in which form it flew on 29 March 1967. [1] The E-300 was installed in the third HA-300 prototype (the first two were powered by Bristol Siddeley Orpheus engines), but testing stopped in the taxi-test stage before flight tests. The programme of HA-300 was abandoned in May 1969. [2]

Variants

E-300-A
Military version for HA-300
E-300-C1
Civil version of E-300-A, proposed for Project 206 three-engined airliner. [1]
E-300-C2
Proposed growth version of E-300-C1. [1]
E-300-AF
Projected turbofan development. [1]

Specifications (variant)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969-70 [1]

General characteristics

Components

Performance

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Taylor 1969, p. 671.
  2. ↑ Group Captain Kapil Bhargava. "Messerschmitt's HA-300 and its Indian Connection". Memoirs. Indian Air Force. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-08-08.

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