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ABC Hornet

1920s British piston aircraft engine

Field	Value
name	Hornet
image	ABC Motor Hornet.jpg
engine_type	Flat engine
national_origin	United Kingdom
manufacturer	ABC Motors Limited
designer	Granville Bradshaw
first_run	1929
developed_from	ABC Scorpion

The ABC Hornet was an 80 hp (90 kW) four-cylinder aero engine designed in the late 1920s by the noted British engineer Granville Bradshaw for use in light aircraft. The Hornet was effectively a double Scorpion and was built by ABC Motors, first running in 1929.

In 1931 the engine was re-designed, including the adoption of the new Hiduminium alloys for the crankcase, exhaust manifolds and pistons.{{cite journal

Applications

Airship Development AD1
Civilian Coupe
Robinson Redwing
Southern Martlet
Westland Widgeon

Specifications (Hornet)

|power/weight= 0.37 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. 54.
Lumsden 2003, p.276.

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