Talk:Rolls-Royce Olympus

message: I've updated most of the page using Alan Baxter's book as the major reference. May be a tadge wordy. 
Comments, amendments etc most welcome. XJ784 (talk) 15:26, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page updated 

message: I've read somewhere that the Olympus was proposed for the SAAB 37 Viggen. Might be worth mentioning. 83.248.178.222 (talk) 04:37, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The not-always accurate WP gives an association with the Saab 36 which seems sensible. If the text on the Viggen is accurate, then a turbofan was always the proposed powerplant XJ784 (talk) 08:49, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, that makes sense. But I'm still sure that I've read somewhere that the Olympus engine was proposed for the SAAB 37 Viggen. After using Google I found this article in Protec: Historien om Viggen. (Protec is a magazine from FMV and a reliable source.) The text reads "Flygplanet var då delvis förändrat gentemot de ursprungliga planerna. Bland annat hade man bytt ut den tilltänkta Olympusmotorn mot en utvecklad version av den civila JT8-D-motorn från amerikanska Pratt & Whitney." which roughly translates 'The airplane was partly redesigned and the Olympus was replaced by the JT8-D from Pratt & Whitney.'. 83.248.178.222 (talk) 04:15, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Good spot! Will add to list. XJ784 (talk) 09:14, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Original engine choice for the Viggen was the RB177 but this engine was cancelled. A scaled-down version was later built as the Spey.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.147.13 (talk) 14:03, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Proposed Aircraft Applications 

message: Olympus are also used by many powerstations to quickly produce a lot of power in times of high demand or during a power cut  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fdsdh1 (talk • contribs) 15:30, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that is mentioned at Rolls-Royce Olympus#Industrial Power Generation. Thanks Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 19:16, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Applications

message: As the header, the variants section has recently expanded and is squeezed into an odd three column format. I propose to create a new variants article unless there are objections. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 19:09, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The variants article has been created, text was copied without editing so that attribution can be seen in both this and the new article. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 17:38, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Variants section - split to separate article 

message: "BOl.1 (Bristol Olympus 1)..." - is that Oh-ell for Olympus? The font makes it not entirely obvious. Maury Markowitz (talk) 19:41, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: See WP:EXPABBR: "do not emphasize the letters that make up an an acronym, initialism, or syllabic abbreviation", and also MOS:NOBOLD. BilCat (talk) 21:28, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  That doesn't answer my question nor address the problem. Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:06, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Probably an ell, the Orion turboprop was BOn.1, the Orpheus BOr.1 GraemeLeggett (talk) 13:17, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Standard UK Ministry of Supply designation indexed in most Jane's directories. Capital letters for the manufacturer followed by the first two letters of the engine name with the first letter capitalised, followed by the name. Bristol Siddeley Stentor, BSSt.Stentor, Bristol Orpheus, BOr.Orpheus, Rolls-Royce Conway, RCo.Conway. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 14:23, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

text: The first line of the 'Initial development' section starts with The first engine, its development designation being BOl.1 (Bristol Olympus 1).... Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 14:46, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: And the first line of the article states "originally the Bristol B.E.10 Olympus", which makes it rather unclear indeed. I'm still utterly failing to see why we are not allowed to explain the name, the only argument is from a MOS entry that states we should give the reader the benefit if the doubt, but if I find it unclear then I suspect the same is true of others. Maury Markowitz (talk) 16:17, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  The name... 

message: "The combustion system was novel" - was it? I seem to recall lots of engines of this era using cannular systems, isn't that what is being described here? Maury Markowitz (talk) 19:38, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Is this cannular?