Green C.4

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Green C. 4 restored at the Royal Air Force Museum London (Hendon)

The Green C.4 was an English water-cooled four-cylinder aircraft engine introduced by Gustavus Green in 1908 .

Green has been developing aircraft engines since 1905. In 1913 he founded his own Green Engine Company . The Green C.4 has been installed in various aircraft over the years. The main customers were the Avro works in Manchester .

Technical specifications

  • Type: Four-cylinder in-line piston engine with upright cylinders and copper cooling jacket
  • Bore: 105 mm
  • Stroke: 120 mm
  • Displacement: 4.158 liters
  • Length: 991 mm
  • Width: 406 mm
  • Height: 711 mm
  • Dry weight: 83 kg
  • Valve train: overhead camshaft, two valves per cylinder
  • Fuel type: gasoline
  • Carburetor: an aviation carburetor with mixture adjustment
  • Cooling system: water cooling
  • Ignition: magneto ignition
  • Starter: none, started by hand
  • Motor lubrication: dry sump with two return pumps
  • Propeller: direct drive without reduction, clockwise
  • Output: 39 kW (52.5 PS) at 1,460 revolutions per minute (maximum output)

Applications

literature

  • Bill Gunston: World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines. Patrick Stephens Limited, Cambridge 1989, ISBN 1-85260-163-9 .
  • Alec Lumsden: British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Airlife Publishing, Marlborough, Wiltshire 2003, ISBN 1-85310-294-6 .

Web links

Commons : Green C.4  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Green Engine Co. (1913), Ltd. In: Flight , September 20, 1913, p. 1054.
  2. Technical data