De Havilland Gipsy Minor
| de Havilland Aircraft Company | |
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 de Havilland Gipsy Minor in the de Havilland Aircraft Museum |
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| Gipsy Minor | |
| Production period: | unknown |
| Manufacturer: | de Havilland Aircraft Company |
| Developing country: |
 United Kingdom
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| First run: | 1930s |
| Working principle: | Otto |
| Motor design: | In-line engine |
| Cylinder: | 4th |
| Valve control: | top steered |
| Drilling: | 102 mm |
| Hub: | 115 mm |
| Displacement: | 3759 cm 3 |
| Compression: | 6: 1 |
| Mixture preparation: | Carburetor |
| Engine charging: | no |
| Cooling system: | Air cooling |
| Power: | 67 kW |
| Dimensions: | 98 kg |
| Previous model: | de Havilland Gipsy |
| Successor: | none |
The de Havilland Gipsy Minor or Gipsy Junior is an air-cooled four-cylinder in- line engine from the British manufacturer de Havilland Aircraft Company . It was mainly used in the de Havilland Moth Minor . Both were built in the late 1930s.
development and construction
The engine is a simplified and smaller version of the de Havilland Gipsy . It only has one magnet , while the Gipsy series usually has two magnets. A total of 171 examples of the engine were built. 100 of these were produced in Australia , where production was relocated after the start of World War II .
use
Preserved copies
A de Havilland Gipsy Minor is on display at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum in London Colney in the English county of Hertfordshire .
See also
Web links
Commons : De Havilland Gipsy Minor - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
literature
- Alex Lumsden: British Piston Engines and their Aircraft . Airlife Publishing, Marlborough 2003, ISBN 1-85310-294-6 (English).