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Armstrong Siddeley Lynx

1920s British piston aircraft engine

Field	Value
name	Lynx
image	Armstrong Siddeley Lynx OW.JPG
caption	Armstrong Siddeley Lynx fitted to the Shuttleworth Collection's airworthy Avro Tutor
engine_type	Radial aero engine
manufacturer	Armstrong Siddeley
national_origin	United Kingdom
first_run	1920
number_built	6,000
developed_from	Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar
developed_into	Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah

The Armstrong Siddeley Lynx is a British seven-cylinder aero engine developed by Armstrong Siddeley. It was developed as a single row version of the two-row Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar. Testing began in 1920 and 6,000 had been produced by 1939. In Italy Alfa Romeo built a 200 hp licensed version of this engine named the Alfa Romeo Lynx.

Variants

;Lynx I :1920, 150 hp. ;Lynx II :1920, 184 hp. ;Lynx III :1924, 200 hp. ;Lynx IV :1929, 180 hp. ;Lynx IVA :1930, 188 hp. ;Lynx IVB :1930, 215 hp. ;Lynx IVC :1929, 208 /. ;Lynx IV(G) :1929, Geared propeller drive. ;Lynx IV(MOD) :1929, 188 hp, reconditioned and modified Lynx IV. ;Lynx IV(S) :1928, 200 hp, fully supercharged. ;Lynx V (Lynx Major) Main article: Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah

:1930, increased bore and stroke, name changed from Lynx V to Lynx Major then Cheetah, half a Panther ;Piaggio P.II: Licence production in Italy by Piaggio.

Applications

Airspeed Courier
Airspeed Envoy
Albatros L 68
Avro 504
Avro 618 Ten
Avro Avocet
Avro 641 Commodore
Avro 626
Avro 642/4m Eighteen
Avro Sea Tutor
Avro Tutor
BAT Bantam
Blackburn Lincock
Boulton Paul Bittern
Canadian Vickers Vanessa
Canadian Vickers Varuna
Canadian Vickers Vedette
Cierva C.8
de Havilland Hawk Moth

Fairchild FC-2
Fokker C.VII
Fokker F.VIIA
Gloster Grouse
Messerschmitt M 18
Morane-Saulnier MS.230
Nieuport-Delage NiD 39
Larynx
Parnall Parasol
Raab-Katzenstein RK-26
Wackett Warrigal
Saro Cloud
Saro Cutty Sark
Supermarine Seamew
Vickers Vireo
VL Tuisku
Westland Wagtail

Alfa Romeo Lynx

Breda Ba.19
Breda Ba.25
IMAM Ro.10

Survivors

[[File:ArmstrongSiddeley Lynx fitted to the Shuttleworth Collection's airworthy AvroTutor.jpg|alt=Shows Another view of the Armstrong Siddeley Lynx radial engine fitted to the Shuttleworth Collection's airworthy Avro Tutor interwar biplane |thumb|Another view of the Armstrong Siddeley Lynx fitted to the Shuttleworth Collection's airworthy Avro Tutor]]Avro Tutor, K3215, powered by a Lynx IV, flies regularly at the Shuttleworth Collection and can be viewed in the museum at other times.

Specifications (Lynx IV)

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References

Notes

Bibliography

References

"Alfa Aero Engines". aroca-qld.com.
link. (12 February 2010 Retrieved: 11 February 2009)

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