![]() ![]() Other aircraft using the Sabre were early prototype and production variants of the Blackburn Firebrand, the Martin-Baker MB 3 prototype and a Hawker Fury prototype. The first operational aircraft to be powered by the Sabre were the Hawker Typhoon and Hawker Tempest the first aircraft powered by the Sabre was the Napier-Heston Racer, which was designed to capture the world speed record. ![]() The engine evolved to become one of the most powerful inline piston aircraft engines in the world, developing from 2,200 hp (1,600 kW) in its earlier versions to 3,500 hp (2,600 kW) in late-model prototypes. The Napier Sabre is a British H-24-cylinder, liquid-cooled, sleeve valve, piston aero engine, designed by Major Frank Halford and built by D. Liquid-cooled H-24 sleeve valve piston aero engine Napier Sabre cutaway at the London Science Museum. ![]()
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