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MissMoppet · 27th September 2019, 14:48

Think I've seen this before BUT no mention of Stanley Hooker the maths genius who got 30% more power by re-designing the supercharger for Merlin. He was the first maths theoretican to be taken on by RR (Lord Hives) and went on to design the Derwent, Nene, Olympus engines used in Concord when he moved to Bristol and the Pegasus, used in the Harrier. He also came out of retirement to rescue the RB2ll when RR got into trouble. Oh, he also got RR to invest in Frank Whittle's wee toy. Sadly hardly anyone has heard of him. Read his excellent biog "Not much of an engineer" and YouTube talk here.

27th September 2019, 14:48	#8
MissMoppet Posted a thing or two R 75 Tourer diesel Conny 2002, V6 Conny saloon petrol 2003 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Taunton Posts: 1,129 Thanks: 212 Thanked 406 Times in 223 Posts	Think I've seen this before BUT no mention of Stanley Hooker the maths genius who got 30% more power by re-designing the supercharger for Merlin. He was the first maths theoretican to be taken on by RR (Lord Hives) and went on to design the Derwent, Nene, Olympus engines used in Concord when he moved to Bristol and the Pegasus, used in the Harrier. He also came out of retirement to rescue the RB2ll when RR got into trouble. Oh, he also got RR to invest in Frank Whittle's wee toy. Sadly hardly anyone has heard of him. Read his excellent biog "Not much of an engineer" and YouTube talk here. __________________ Rover 75 Tourer Conny 2002 remapped 160 auto, R75 V6 2.5L auto Connoisseur 2003 Last edited by MissMoppet; 27th September 2019 at 15:15..