Argus As 10
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The Argus As 10 was a German-designed and built, air-cooled 90° cylinder bank-angle inverted V8 "low power" aircraft engine, used mainly in training aircraft such as the Arado Ar 66 and Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser and other small short-range reconnaissance and communications aircraft like the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch during, and shortly after World War II. It was first built in 1928.[1]
Variants
- As 10C
- As 10C-1
- As 10E
- Optional-output version of the As 10C, delivered with either a Script error: No such module "convert". or Script error: No such module "convert". rating (achieved by increasing maximum rpm).
- As 10E-2
- The proposed powerplant of the Pilatus P-1 trainer project.[2]
- As 401
- Supercharged As 10 with rated output at Script error: No such module "convert"., also fitted with hydraulically actuated variable pitch propeller.
- Salmson 8As-00
- Postwar production of the Argus As 10 in France
- Salmson 8As-04
- Postwar production of the Argus As 10 in France
Applications
- AGO Ao 192
- Arado Ar 66
- Arado Ar 76
- Dornier Do 12
- Farman F.510 Monitor II[3]
- Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
- Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser
- Focke-Wulf Fw 58
- Gotha Go 145
- Henschel Hs 121
- Kayaba Ka-1 Imperial Japanese Army Observation autogiro
- Klemm Kl 151
- Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun
- Rogozarski SIM-XIV-H
- Siebel Si 201
Specifications (Argus As 10 C)
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938,[4] Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944[5]
General characteristics
- Type: inverted V-8 air-cooled inverted 90° piston engine
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Components
- Valvetrain: Two under-head valves per cylinder, operated by pushrods and rockers.
- Fuel system: Two Sun carburetors adapted for aerobatics
- Fuel type: 80 octane
- Oil system: Dry sump, one pressure pump at Template:Cvt and two scavenge pumps
- Cooling system: Air
Performance
- Power output:
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- Compression ratio: 5.9:1
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- Power-to-weight ratio: Template:Cvt0.835 kW/kg (0.51 hp/lb)
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See also
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References
Notes
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Bibliography
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- Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. Template:ISBN
- Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London. Studio Editions Ltd, 1989. Template:ISBN