ABC Hornet
| ABC Motors | |
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| Hornet | |
| Production period: | 1929 – unknown |
| Manufacturer: | ABC Motors |
| Developing country: |
 United Kingdom
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| First run: | 1929 |
| Working principle: | Otto |
| Motor design: | boxer |
| Cylinder: | 4th |
| Drilling: | 102 mm |
| Hub: | 124.5 mm |
| Displacement: | 4000 cm 3 |
| Compression: | 5.6: 1 |
| Mixture preparation: | Carburetor |
| Engine charging: | no |
| Cooling system: | Air cooling |
| Power: | 61 kW |
| Dimensions: | 102 kg |
| Previous model: | none |
| Successor: | none |
The ABC Hornet was a four-cylinder aircraft engine with a nominal output of 82 hp (60 kW), which was developed by the British engineer Granville Bradshaw in the late 1920s for use in small aircraft . The Hornet was basically a double Scorpion and was built by ABC Motors . Its first run took place in 1929.
In 1931 the engine was revised. Among other things, the crankcase , exhaust valves and pistons were made from the aluminum alloy Hiduminium .
use
See also
literature
- Alec Lumsden: British Piston Engines and their Aircraft . Airlife Publishing, Marlborough 2003, ISBN 1-85310-294-6 (English).
Web links
Commons : ABC aircraft engines - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Alec Lumsden: British Piston Engines and their Aircraft . Airlife Publishing, Marlborough 2003, ISBN 1-85310-294-6 , pp. 54 (English).
- ^ ABC Hornet modified . In: Flight International . Reed Business Information , April 17, 1931, ISSN 0015-3710 , p. 335 (English).