The Wings & Engines
On the left is a flap actuating control on the starboard wing. On the right are air intakes for the de-icing system between the fuselage and the starboard inner engine.
Eight fuel tankshoused in the wings held 6950 gallons of Avgas.
The Beverley was powered by four Bristol Centaurus 173 or 175 air-cooled 18 cylinder, two row, sleeve-valve radial engines. The engines developed 2850HP each at maximum power using water-methanol injection. The engines were not the most reliable of Bristol’s aero engines, thereby selling the Beverley short, but they did have to take a lot of punishment on the Beverley, particularly in the middle east. The propellers are 16’6” De Havilland Hydromatic of hollow steel construction. They are fully feathering with auto-coarsing and reverse pitch systems. The reverse pitch gave the ‘Bev’ its incredibly short landing run, and was not available on the turbine engines of the day. The height of the engines above the ground meant that special equipment had to be produced to service and change them.