STAL Dovern

The STAL company had been designing steam turbine engines and in the 1940s begun designing gas turbine engines. Their first running engine was the Skuten, ground tested in 1949 but not flown. The Dovern was the next design, featuring a nine-stage axial compressor and single-stage turbine. First run in 1951, the engine was flight tested during 1953 using an Avro Lancaster provided by Air Service Training. The engine was installed underneath in a nacelle faired-in to the Lancaster's bomb bay. After several thousand hours of ground running and more than 300 hours of flight testing the engine was not selected, the Rolls-Royce Avon being preferred.

• Avro Lancaster (test bed only)
• Saab 35 Draken (intended application)

Dovern

Base variant.

Dovern IIA

Basic engine without de-icing

Dovern IIB

Compressor bleed air system added for ice protection.

Dovern IIC

Afterburning version producing 45 kN (10,200 lbf) thrust.

Data from Flight. Jane's 1955-56

General characteristics

• Type: Turbojet
• Length: 3,850 mm (151.57 in)
• Diameter: 1,095 mm (43.11 in)
• Dry weight: 1,220 kg (2,690 lb) dry

Components

• Compressor: Nine-stage axial flow
• Combustors: Nine combustion chambers
• Turbine: Single-stage
• Fuel type: Aviation kerosene to D.Eng R.D. 2482
• Oil system: Dry sump with gear pressure and scavenge pumps at 240-310 kilopascals (35-45 psi)

Performance

• Maximum thrust: 32.29 kN (7,260 lbf) at 7,200 rpm at sea level for take-off
• Overall pressure ratio: 5.2:1
• Air mass flow: 54.9 kg/s (121 lb/s)
• Turbine inlet temperature: 870 °C (1,140 K; 1,600 °F)
• Specific fuel consumption: 0.009 kg/(kN h) (0.92 lb/(lbf h))
• Thrust-to-weight ratio: 2.76:1