ABC Hornet
{{Short description|1920s British piston aircraft engine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
| {{Infobox Aircraft Begin
|name = Hornet |image = ABC Motor Hornet.jpg |caption = }}{{Infobox Aircraft Engine |type = Flat engine |national origin=United Kingdom |manufacturer = ABC Motors Limited |designer = Granville Bradshaw |first run = 1929 |major applications = |produced = |number built = |program cost = |unit cost = |developed from =ABC Scorpion |variants with their own articles = }} |
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.Lumsden 2003, p. 54.
In 1931 the engine was re-designed, including the adoption of the new Hiduminium alloys for the crankcase, exhaust manifolds and pistons.{{cite journal
|journal=Flight
|title=ABC 'Hornet' Modified
|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1931/1931%20-%200359.html
|date=17 April 1931
|pages=335
|ref=Flight, 17 April 1931, ABC Hornet
}}
Applications
Specifications (Hornet)
{{pistonspecs
|ref=LumsdenLumsden 2003, p.276.
|type=4-cylinder, horizontally opposed, air-cooled piston engine
|bore=4.02 in (102 mm)
|stroke=4.8 in (124.5 mm)
|displacement=243.18 cu in (4 L)
|length=25.5 in (648 mm)
|diameter=
|width=39 in (990 mm)
|height=28 in (711 mm)
|weight=225 lb (102 kg)
|valvetrain= Overhead valve, two valves per cylinder
|supercharger=
|turbocharger=
|fuelsystem=
|fueltype=Petrol (74 Octane rating)
|oilsystem=
|coolingsystem=Air cooled
|power=82 hp (61 kW) at 2,175 rpm (maximum continuous climb power)
|specpower=0.34 hp/cu in (15.25 kW/L)
|compression=5.6:1
|fuelcon=
|specfuelcon=
|oilcon=
|power/weight= 0.37 hp/lb (0.6 kW/kg)
}}
See also
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References
=Notes=
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=Bibliography=
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- Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. {{ISBN|1-85310-294-6}}.
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