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The '''Armstrong Siddeley Python''' was an early [[United Kingdom|British]] [[turboprop]] engine designed and built by the [[Armstrong Siddeley]] company in the mid-1940s. Its main use was in the [[Westland Wyvern]] [[Aircraft carrier|carrier]]-based heavy fighter,. theThe turbopropprototypes enginehad replacingused the Wyvern prototype's original [[Rolls-Royce Eagle (1944)|Rolls-Royce Eagle]] piston engine, but Pythons were used in production aircraft. In this application, the Python was rated at 4,110 [[horsepower|EHP (Effective Horsepower)]].

==Design and development==

The design started as an experimental pure-turbojet known as the [[Armstrong Siddeley ASX|ASX]], which commenced testing in 1943. By this point other engine designs were already entering pre-production, and it seemed there was little need for the ASX in its existing form. The design was then modified into the turboprop layout withby the addition of a secondreduction [[turbine]]gearbox stage,to whichdrive wasa gearedpropeller. toThe theturboprop propellerthus andformed was named '''ASP''' at that stage.<ref>Gunston 19891998, p.1819.</ref>

===Flight testing===

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===Bibliography===

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* Gunston, Bill. ''World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines''. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 19891998. ISBN 1-85260-163597-9

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==External links==