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ABC 8 hp

1920s British piston aircraft engine

Field	Value
name	8 hp
image	File:ABC8HP.JPG
caption	ABC 8 hp installed in the English Electric Wren at the Shuttleworth Collection
engine_type	Flat-twin aero engine
national_origin	United Kingdom
manufacturer	ABC Motors Limited
designer	Granville Bradshaw
first_run	1923

The ABC 8 hp is an 8 hp (6 kW) two-cylinder aero engine designed by the noted British engineer Granville Bradshaw for use in ultralight aircraft. The engine was derived from a specially tuned motorcycle unit and was built by ABC Motors, first running in 1923.

Applications

English Electric Wren
Handley Page H.P.22
Pegna-Bonmartini Rondine

Surviving engines

The sole surviving English Electric Wren (G-EBNV) flies occasionally at the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden and is powered by an ABC 8 hp engine. With barely enough power to maintain flight the aircraft is assisted into the air by a team of volunteers using bungee cord, after which the Wren lands straight ahead following a short 'hop'.

Specifications (ABC 8 hp)

|power/weight= 0.2 hp/lb (0.32 kW/kg)

References

Notes

Bibliography

Guttery, T.E. The Shuttleworth Collection of historic aeroplanes, cars, cycles, carriages and fire engines. Biggleswade, Bedfordshire: The Collection, 1969.
Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .

References

Lumsden 2003, p.51.
[http://www.shuttleworth.org/shuttleworth_aircraft_details.asp?ID=13 The Shuttleworth Collection - English Electric Wren] Retrieved: 7 February 2009
Lumsden 2003, p.54.

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