[3] Unlike other British rocket engine projects that used hydrogen peroxide as an oxidiser, Armstrong Siddeley's used liquid oxygen.
[3] The prototype of the Hawker P.1040 Sea Hawk, VP 401, had a Snarler rocket of 2,000 lbf thrust added in its tail.
The Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet, of 5,200 lbf thrust, had a split tailpipe which exhausted either side of the fuselage.
[4] Half a dozen flights were made using the rocket motor before a minor explosion damaged the aircraft.
[7] Data from Aircraft engines of the World 1953,[8] Flight:6 August 1954:Armstrong Siddeley Snarler[9] Related development