Rolls-Royce Eagle XVI

Eagle XVI
Type Piston X-16 aero engine
Manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited
First run 1925
Major applications Not flown
Number built 1

The Rolls-Royce Eagle XVI was a British experimental 16 cylinder aero engine designed and developed by Rolls-Royce Limited in 1925. The engine was test run but did not fly, the project, together with the planned larger variant, the Eagle XX,[1] was cancelled in favour of the Rolls-Royce Kestrel, that was being developed concurrently.

  1. ^ "World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines – 5th edition" by Bill Gunston, Sutton Publishing, 2006, P.186