- Source: Armstrong Siddeley Genet
The Armstrong Siddeley Genet is a five-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine for aircraft use built in the UK, first run in 1926. It developed 80 hp at 2,200 rpm in its final form and was a popular light aircraft powerplant. Following the company tradition with a slight deviation the engine was named after the Genet, a catlike animal of the same order but different family.
Variants and applications
= Genet I
=Genet I producing 65 hp.
Avro 618 Ten
Avro Avian prototype
Blackburn Bluebird I
BFW M.23
Cierva autogyros. C.9 and C.10
Drzewiecki JD-2
Fleet Fawn
Junkers A50 Junior
Medwecki and Nowakowski M.N.5
Saro Cutty Sark
Southern Martlet
Westland-Hill Pterodactyl
= Genet II
=The Genet II produced 80 hp due to an increased compression ratio of 5.25:1.
ANEC IV
Avro Avian
Blackburn Bluebird II
Cierva C.19 autogyro
Darmstadt D-18
de Havilland DH.60 Moth
Fairchild 21
Klemm Kl 25
Nicholas-Beazley NB-8G
Parnall Imp
Robinson Redwing II
Southern Martlet
Westland Widgeon
= Genet IIA
=Also 80 hp and with minor differences to the Mark I.
Robinson Redwing II
Engines on display
Two preserved Armstrong Siddeley Genets are on static display at the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
A preserved Genet is on display at the Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia
There is a restored Genet at the New England Air Museum, Bradley Int'l Airport, Windsor Locks, CT.
A Genet is on display at the Aviation Heritage Museum (Western Australia).
Specifications (Genet I)
Data from Lumsden.
= General characteristics
=Type: 5-cylinder single-row radial
Bore: 4 in (101.6 mm)
Stroke: 4 in (101.6 mm)
Displacement: 251.43 cu in (4.1 L)
Length: 28.5 in (724 mm)
Diameter: 34 in (863.6 mm)
Dry weight: 168 lb (76 kg)
= Components
=Valvetrain: Overhead poppet valves
Cooling system: Air-cooled
Reduction gear: Direct drive, Left hand tractor
= Performance
=Power output: 65 hp at 1,800 rpm
Compression ratio: 5.2:1
Power-to-weight ratio: 0.38 hp/lb
See also
Related development
Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major
Comparable engines
BMW X
Warner Scarab Junior
Related lists
List of aircraft engines
References
= Notes
== Bibliography
=External links
Armstrong Siddeley Genet at the Australian National Aviation Museum
"Armstrong Siddeley Genet". Flight. No. 26 August 1926. pp. 531–2.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Armstrong Siddeley Genet
- Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major
- Armstrong Siddeley
- Genet
- Southern Martlet
- Junkers A50 Junior
- Avro Club Cadet
- RWD 6
- RWD 7
- Cierva C.30
