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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. The prototypes had used the [[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|EHPeshp (Effectiveequivalent Horsepower)shaft [[horsepower]]).

==Design and development==

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|diameter=54 in (1372 mm)

|weight=3,450 lb (1565 kg)

|compressor=14axial stageflow; axial14 stages

|combustion=11 combustion chambers

|turbine=Two-stageaxial turbineflow; two stages

|fueltype=

|oilsystem=

|power=4,110 ehpeshp (3,065 kW), at sea level at 8,000 rpm, including 1,180 lbf (535 kgf) exhaust thrust

|thrust=

|compression=5.35:1