ABC Scorpion
{{Short description|1920s British piston aircraft engine}}
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The ABC Scorpion is a 30 hp (22 kW) two-cylinder aero engine designed by British engineer Granville Bradshaw for use in light aircraft. The engine was built by ABC Motors Limited and first ran in 1921.Gunston 1989, p.9.
Variants
;Scorpion I
:1923, 30 hp (22 kW)
;Scorpion II
:1924, 34 hp (25 kW), increased bore and stroke.
Applications
File:ABCScorpion.JPG at the Shuttleworth Collection]]
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- ABC Robin
- Boulton Paul Phoenix
- BFW M.19
- BFW M.23
- Comper Swift
- de Havilland Humming Bird
- Farman Moustique
- Hawker Cygnet
- Heath Parasol
- Hendy Hobo
- Henderson-Glenny Gadfly
- Kay Gyroplane
- Luton Minor
- Mignet HM.14 Pou-du-Ciel
- Parmentier Wee Mite
- Peyret-Mauboussin PM X
- RWD 1
- SAI KZ I
- Saynor & Bell Canadian Cub
- Short Satellite
- Snyder Buzzard
- Udet U 7 Kolibri
- Wheeler Slymph{{citation needed|date=January 2011}}
- Westland Woodpigeon
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Survivors
The only ANEC II (G-EBJO) flies regularly at the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden and is powered by a Scorpion II.
Specifications (Scorpion I)
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|ref=Lumsden Lumsden 2003, p.54.
|type=2 cylinder air cooled flat-twin
|bore=3.6 in (87.5 mm)
|stroke=3.7 in (91.5 mm)
|displacement=73.32 cu in (1.1 L)
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|weight=90 lb (41 kg)
|valvetrain= Overhead valve, two valves per cylinder
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|fuelsystem= Carburettor
|fueltype=74 Octane petrol
|oilsystem=
|coolingsystem=Air
|power=30 hp (22 kW) at 2,750 rpm
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|compression=4:1
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|power/weight= 0.33 hp/lb (0.53 kW/kg)
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See also
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References
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=Notes=
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=Bibliography=
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- Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. {{ISBN|1-85260-163-9}}
- Guttery, T.E. The Shuttleworth Collection. London: Wm. Carling, 1969. {{OCLC|19614929}}
- Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. {{ISBN|1-85310-294-6}}.
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