{{short description|1910s British piston aircraft engine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Use British English|date=December 2016}} {{infobox aero engine |name=Lucifer |image=LFG V 44.JPG |caption=Bristol Lucifer, installed in LFG V 44 ''D-669'' |engine_type=Piston aero engine |manufacturer=Bristol Aeroplane Company |designer= |first_run=1919 |major_applications=Avro 504 |number_built = |developed_from = |developed_into = |variants_with_their_own_articles = }}
The '''Bristol Lucifer''' is 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
== Specifications (Lucifer 1) == thumb|right|Bristol Lucifer, view of sectioned cylinder. {{pistonspecs <!-- If you do not understand how to use this template, please ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aircraft --> <!-- Please include units where appropriate (main comes first, alt in parentheses). If data is missing, leave the parameters blank (do not delete them). For additional lines, end your alt units with )</li> and start a new, fully formatted line with <li> --> |ref=''Lumsden''<ref>Lumsden 2003, p. 93.</ref> |type=3-cylinder air-cooled single-row radial engine |bore=5.75 in (146 mm) |stroke=6.25 in (159 mm) |displacement=487 in³ (8.0 L) |length= |diameter=48 in (1,219 mm) |width= |height= |weight=324 lb (147 kg) |valvetrain=Four valves per cylinder, poppet valve |supercharger= |turbocharger= |fuelsystem= |fueltype=Petrol |oilsystem= |coolingsystem=Air-cooled |power=100 hp (75 kW) |specpower= |compression=4.8:1 |fuelcon= |specfuelcon= |oilcon= |power/weight=0.3 hp/lb (0.5 kW/kg) }}
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== References == {{Commons category|Bristol Lucifer}}
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===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * Lumsden, Alec. ''British Piston Engines and their Aircraft''. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. {{ISBN|1-85310-294-6}}. {{refend}}
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Category:Aircraft air-cooled radial piston engines Lucifer Category:1910s aircraft piston engines Category:Three-cylinder engines