ADC Airdisco
1920s British piston aircraft engine
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::summary 1920s British piston aircraft engine ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Airdisco |
| image | File:Airdisco.JPG |
| caption | ADC Airdisco installed in a DH.51. |
| engine_type | Air-cooled V-8 piston engine |
| manufacturer | Aircraft Disposal Company |
| national_origin | United Kingdom |
| first_run | 1925 |
| major_applications | de Havilland DH.51 |
| Avro 548 | |
| developed_into | ADC Cirrus |
| :: |
|name = Airdisco |image = File:Airdisco.JPG |caption = ADC Airdisco installed in a DH.51. |engine_type=Air-cooled V-8 piston engine |manufacturer=Aircraft Disposal Company |national_origin=United Kingdom |first_run=1925 |major_applications=de Havilland DH.51 Avro 548 |number_built = |developed_from = |developed_into = ADC Cirrus |variants_with_their_own_articles =
The ADC Airdisco is a British V-8 aero engine that first ran in 1925.
Design and development
The 'Airdisco' was developed from the Renault 80 hp aero engine by Frank Halford of the Aircraft Disposal Company, the main difference being the use of aluminium cylinder heads. Halford later used one bank of cylinders to create the Cirrus engine.
Applications
Survivors
A de Havilland DH.51 owned and operated by the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden, Bedfordshire remains airworthy and is powered by an original ADC Airdisco engine.
Specifications (Airdisco)
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References
Notes
Bibliography
- Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .
References
- Lumsden 2003, p. 55.
- [http://www.shuttleworth.org/shuttleworth_aircraft_details.asp?ID=15 Shuttleworth Collection - DH.51] Retrieved: 1 September 2009
- Lumsden 2003, p.276.
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