 Napier Nomad - Design: Encyclopedia II - Napier Nomad - HistoryIn 1945 the Air Ministry asked for proposals for a new 6,000 horsepower (4,500 kW) class engine with good economy. Curtiss-Wright was designing an engine of this sort of power known as the "turbo-compound", but Sir Harry Ricardo, one of Britain's great engine designers, suggested that the most economical combination would be a similar design using a diesel two-stroke in place of the Curtiss's gasoline engine.
Prior to World War II Napier had licensed the Junkers Jumo 204 Diesel design to set up production in the UK as the Napier Culve ...
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