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Armstrong Siddeley Genet

1920s British piston aircraft engine

Field	Value
name	Genet
image	ASGenet.JPG
caption	Preserved Armstrong Siddeley Genet at the Shuttleworth Collection
engine_type	Radial engine
manufacturer	Armstrong Siddeley
national_origin	United Kingdom
first_run	1926
developed_into	Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major

The **Armstrong Siddeley Genet ** is a five-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine for aircraft use built in the UK, first run in 1926. It developed 80 hp at 2,200 rpm in its final form and was a popular light aircraft powerplant. Following the company tradition with a slight deviation the engine was named after the Genet, a catlike animal of the same order but different family.

Variants and applications

Genet I

Genet I producing 65 hp.

Avro 618 Ten
Avro Avian prototype
Blackburn Bluebird I
BFW M.23
Cierva autogyros. C.9 and C.10
Drzewiecki JD-2
Fleet Fawn
Junkers A50 Junior
Medwecki and Nowakowski M.N.5
Saro Cutty Sark
Southern Martlet
Westland-Hill Pterodactyl

Genet II

The Genet II produced 80 hp due to an increased compression ratio of 5.25:1.

ANEC IV
Avro Avian
Blackburn Bluebird II
Cierva C.19 autogyro
Darmstadt D-18
de Havilland DH.60 Moth
Fairchild 21
Klemm Kl 25
Nicholas-Beazley NB-8G
Parnall Imp
Robinson Redwing II
Southern Martlet
Westland Widgeon

Genet IIA

Also 80 hp and with minor differences to the Mark I.

Robinson Redwing II

Engines on display

Two preserved Armstrong Siddeley Genets are on static display at the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire.

A preserved Genet is on display at the Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia

There is a restored Genet at the New England Air Museum, Bradley Int'l Airport, Windsor Locks, CT.

A Genet is on display at the Aviation Heritage Museum (Western Australia).

Specifications (Genet I)

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References

Notes

Bibliography

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

References

Sanderson, Living Mammals of The World, NY, c.1967
Lumsden 2003, p.69.
"Aviation Heritage Museum | Bull Creek, Perth".
Lumsden 2003, p.68

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