ADC Airdisco
{{Short description|1920s British piston aircraft engine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}
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|name = Airdisco |image = File:Airdisco.JPG |caption = ADC Airdisco installed in a DH.51. }}{{Infobox aircraft engine |type=Air-cooled V-8 piston engine |manufacturer=Aircraft Disposal Company |national origin=United Kingdom |first run=1925 |major applications=de Havilland DH.51 |number built = |program cost = |unit cost = |developed from = |developed into = ADC Cirrus |variants with their own articles = }} |
The ADC Airdisco is a British V-8 aero engine that first ran in 1925.
Design and development
The 'Airdisco' was developed from the Renault 80 hp aero engine by Frank Halford of the Aircraft Disposal Company, the main difference being the use of aluminium cylinder heads. Halford later used one bank of cylinders to create the Cirrus engine.Lumsden 2003, p. 55.
Applications
Survivors
A de Havilland DH.51 owned and operated by the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden, Bedfordshire remains airworthy and is powered by an original ADC Airdisco engine.[http://www.shuttleworth.org/shuttleworth_aircraft_details.asp?ID=15 Shuttleworth Collection - DH.51] Retrieved: 1 September 2009
Specifications (Airdisco)
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|type=Inline air-cooled, upright, V-8 piston engine
|ref= Lumsden Lumsden 2003, p.276.
|bore=4.13 in (105 mm)
|stroke=5.12 in (130 mm)
|displacement=548.94 cu in (9 L)
|length=46 in (1,168 mm)
|diameter=
|width=21.3 in (541 mm)
|height=31.1 in (790 mm)
|weight= lb ( kg)
|valvetrain=1 inlet and 1 exhaust valve per cylinder
|supercharger=
|turbocharger=
|fuelsystem=Carburettor
|fueltype=74 octane
|oilsystem=
|coolingsystem=Air-cooled
|power=120 hp (89kW) at 1,800 rpm (takeoff power)
|specpower=
|compression=4.6:1
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|designer=Frank Halford
|reduction_gear=0.5:1, right hand tractor
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See also
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References
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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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External links
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- [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1925/1925%20-%200416.html Airdisco Avro, Kings Cup entrant, Flight, July 1925]
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