The Brandner E-300 was an Egyptian turbojet engine, developed for the Helwan HA-300 light jet fighter.

Austrian engineer Ferdinand Brandner, who had worked in the Soviet Union, leading the development of the Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop, the powerplant of the Tupolev Tu-95 bomber, moved to Egypt to lead a team to design an engine to power the Helwan HA-300 jet fighter that was simultaneously being designed by a team of Germans led by Willy Messerschmitt.

The new engine underwent bench testing in 1963, and was flight tested under the wing of an Antonov An-12, before being installed in a HAL HF-24 Marut for high speed testing, in which form it flew on 29 March 1967.[1] The E-300 was installed in the third HA-300 prototype (the first two were powered by Bristol Siddeley Orpheus engines), but testing stopped in the taxi-test stage before flight tests. The programme of HA-300 was abandoned in May 1969.[2]

Specifications (variant)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969-70[1]

General characteristics

Type: Afterburning turbojet

Length: 4,300 mm (169.3 in)

Diameter: 840 mm (33 in)

Dry weight: 860 kg (1,896 lb)

Components

Compressor: nine-stage axial compressor

Combustors: can-annular combustion chamber

Turbine: two-stage axial turbine

Performance

Maximum thrust: 32.4kN (6,275 lbf) dry, 47.2 kN (10,582 lbf) with reheat

Overall pressure ratio: 6:1

Thrust-to-weight ratio: 3.310 dry, 5.581 with reheat