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1920s British piston aircraft engine
The
ABC 8 hp
is an 8 hp (6 kW) two-cylinder
aero engine
designed by the noted British engineer
Granville Bradshaw
for use in ultralight aircraft. The engine was derived from a specially tuned
motorcycle
unit and was built by
ABC Motors
, first running in 1923.
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Applications
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Surviving engines
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The sole surviving English Electric Wren (
G-EBNV
) flies occasionally at the
Shuttleworth Collection
at
Old Warden
and is powered by an ABC 8 hp engine. With barely enough power to maintain flight the aircraft is
assisted into the air
by a team of volunteers using
bungee cord
, after which the Wren lands straight ahead following a short 'hop'.
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Specifications (ABC 8 hp)
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Data from
Lumsden
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General characteristics
Components
- Valvetrain
:
Overhead valve
, two valves per cylinder
- Fuel system:
Carburettor
- Fuel type:
Petrol
- Cooling system:
Air-cooled
Performance
See also
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Related development
Comparable engines
Related lists
References
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Notes
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Bibliography
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- Guttery, T.E.
The Shuttleworth Collection of historic aeroplanes, cars, cycles, carriages and fire engines
. Biggleswade, Bedfordshire: The Collection, 1969.
ISBN
978-0-901319-01-2
- Lumsden, Alec.
British Piston Engines and their Aircraft
. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003.
ISBN
1-85310-294-6
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