Bristol Lucifer Explained

The Bristol Lucifer was a British three-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine for aircraft. Built in the UK in the 1920s by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, it produced 100 horsepower (75 kW).

The Lucifer was originally a Cosmos Engineering engine, Cosmos being taken over by Bristol in 1920.

Applications

• Albatros L 69
• Avro 504
• Boulton Paul P.10
• Bristol M.1D
• Bristol Primary Trainer
• Bryant 1927 monoplane (Dole Race entrant, christened Angel of Los Angeles)
• Handley Page Hamlet
• LFG V 44
• NVI F.K.29
• Parnall Peto
• Tupolev ANT-2
• Udet U 8

References

Bibliography

• Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .