Armstrong Siddeley Genet
The Armstrong Siddeley Genet is an aircraft engine that the British manufacturer Armstrong Siddeley built from 1926. The air-cooled 5-cylinder radial engine developed 80 bhp (59 kW) at 2200 rpm. and in its final form was a popular engine for light aircraft. Following the tradition of the manufacturer, the motor was named after the gorse cat , a member of the cat family.
Variants and applications
Genet I.
The Genet I made 65 bhp.
- Avro 618 Ten
- Avro Avian prototype
- Blackburn Bluebird I
- BFW M.23
- Cierva - gyroplane : C.9 and C.10
- Drzewiecki JD-2
- Fleet Fawn
- Junkers A50 Junior
- Saro Cutty Sark
- Southern Martlet
- Westland-Hill pterodactyl
Genet II
The Genet II achieved 80 bhp due to its compression ratio increased to 5.25: 1.
- ANEC IV
- Avro Avian
- Blackburn Bluebird II
- Cierva C. 19 gyroplane
- Darmstadt D-18
- de Havilland DH.60 Moth
- Fairchild 21
- Terminal Kl 25
- Nicholas-Beazley NB-8G
- Parnall Imp
- Robinson Redwing II
- Southern Martlet
- Westland Widgeon
Genet IIA
The Genet IIA also achieved 80 bhp. It differs only slightly from Genet I.
Motors on display
Two surviving Armstrong Siddeley Genet can be seen in the Shuttleworth Collection .
One example is on display at the Australian National Aviation Museum .
A restored genet is in the New England Air Museum .
A Genet can also be found in the Aviation Heritage Museum (Western Australia) .
Data (Genet I)
General
- Single-row 5-cylinder radial engine, air-cooled
- Bore: 101.6 mm
- Stroke: 101.6 mm
- Displacement: 4120 cm³
- Length: 724 mm
- Diameter: 853.6 mm
- Weight: 76 kg
Components
- Valve train: Two overhead valves per cylinder
- Cooling: air
- Reduction gear: no
power
- Power: 65 bhp (48 kW) at 1800 rpm.
- Output per liter: 11.65 kW / l
- Compression: 5.2: 1
- Power-to-weight ratio : 1.583 kg / kW
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Alec Lumsden: British Piston Engines and their Aircraft . Airlife Publishing, Marlborough, Wiltshire 2003. ISBN 1-85310-294-6 . Pp. 68-69.
- ↑ Engines (21) . RAAF Aviation Heritage Museum. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
literature
- Alec Lumsdem: British Piston Engines and their Aircraft . Airlife Publishing, Marlborough 2003. ISBN 1-85310-294-6 .
- Bill Gunston: Encyclopedia of Aero Engines . Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough 1986. ISBN 0-7509-4479-X . P. 18.
Web links
- Armstrong Siddeley Genet at the Australian National Aviation Museum
- Armstrong Siddeley Genet. . In: Flight . No. 26 August 1926, September, pp. 531-532.