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ABC Gnat

Field	Value
name	Gnat
engine_type	Flat-twin aero engine
national_origin	United Kingdom
manufacturer	ABC Motors Limited
designer	Granville Bradshaw
first_run	1916
number_built	17

The ABC Gnat was a 45 hp (34 kW) two-cylinder aero engine designed by British engineer Granville Bradshaw for use in light aircraft. The Gnat was built by ABC Motors, first running in 1916, production ceased in December 1918. 17 engines were built from an original order of 18.

Applications

BAT Crow
Blackburn Sidecar
Eastchurch Kitten
Grain Kitten
Loening M-2 Kitten
Macchi M.16G
Royal Flying Corps ‘Aerial Target’
Sopwith Sparrow
Sopwith Tadpole

Specifications (Gnat I)

|power/weight= 0.4 hp/lb (0.6 kW/kg)

References

Notes

Bibliography

Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .

References

Lumsden 2003, p.51.
Professor A. M. Low FLIGHT, 3 October, 1952 page 436 “The First Guided Missile”
Lumsden 2003, p.276.

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