Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. ISBN1-85310-294-6.
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Airdisco Avro, Kings Cup entrant, Flight, July 1925
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airdisco, british, aero, engine, that, first, 1925, airdisco, installed, type, cooled, piston, enginenational, origin, united, kingdommanufacturer, aircraft, disposal, companyfirst, 1925major, applications, havilland, avro, 548developed, into, cirrus, contents. The ADC Airdisco is a British V 8 aero engine that first ran in 1925 AirdiscoADC Airdisco installed in a DH 51 Type Air cooled V 8 piston engineNational origin United KingdomManufacturer Aircraft Disposal CompanyFirst run 1925Major applications de Havilland DH 51 Avro 548Developed into ADC Cirrus Contents 1 Design and development 2 Applications 3 Survivors 4 Specifications Airdisco 4 1 General characteristics 4 2 Components 4 3 Performance 5 See also 6 References 6 1 Notes 6 2 Bibliography 7 External linksDesign and development editThe Airdisco was developed from the French Renault 70 hp aero engine by Frank Halford of the Aircraft Disposal Company the main difference being the use of aluminium cylinder heads Halford later used one bank of cylinders to create the Cirrus engine 1 Applications editAvro 548A Cierva Parnall Gyroplane de Havilland DH 51 Royal Aircraft Factory S E 5ASurvivors editA de Havilland DH 51 owned and operated by the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden Bedfordshire remains airworthy and is powered by an original ADC Airdisco engine 2 Specifications Airdisco editData from Lumsden 3 General characteristics Type Inline air cooled upright V 8 piston engine Bore 4 13 in 105 mm Stroke 5 12 in 130 mm Displacement 548 94 cu in 9 L Length 46 in 1 168 mm Width 21 3 in 541 mm Height 31 1 in 790 mm Dry weight lb kg Designer Frank HalfordComponents Valvetrain 1 inlet and 1 exhaust valve per cylinder Fuel system Carburettor Fuel type 74 octane Cooling system Air cooled Reduction gear 0 5 1 right hand tractorPerformance Power output 120 hp 89kW at 1 800 rpm takeoff power Compression ratio 4 6 1See also editRelated development ADC CirrusRelated lists List of aircraft enginesReferences editNotes edit Lumsden 2003 p 55 Shuttleworth Collection DH 51 Retrieved 1 September 2009 Lumsden 2003 p 276 Bibliography edit Lumsden Alec British Piston Engines and their Aircraft Marlborough Wiltshire Airlife Publishing 2003 ISBN 1 85310 294 6 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to ADC Airdisco Airdisco Avro Kings Cup entrant Flight July 1925 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ADC Airdisco amp oldid 1102333988, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
