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 |
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).