Armstrong Siddeley Genet
{{short description|1920s British piston aircraft engine}}
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The Armstrong Siddeley Genet is a five-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine for aircraft use built in the UK, first run in 1926. It developed 80 hp at 2,200 rpm in its final form and was a popular light aircraft powerplant. Following the company tradition with a slight deviation the engine was named after the Genet, a catlike animal of the same order but different family.Sanderson, Living Mammals of The World, NY, c.1967
Variants and applications
=Genet I=
Genet I producing 65 hp.
=Genet II=
The Genet II produced 80 hp due to an increased compression ratio of 5.25:1.Lumsden 2003, p.69.
=Genet IIA=
Also 80 hp and with minor differences to the Mark I.
Engines on display
Two preserved Armstrong Siddeley Genets are on static display at the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
A preserved Genet is on display at the Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia
There is a restored Genet at the New England Air Museum, Bradley Int'l Airport, Windsor Locks, CT.
A Genet is on display at the Aviation Heritage Museum (Western Australia).{{Cite web|url=http://www.raafawa.org.au/museum/engines|title = Aviation Heritage Museum | Bull Creek, Perth}}
Specifications (Genet I)
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|ref=Lumsden.Lumsden 2003, p.68
|type=5-cylinder single-row radial
|bore= 4 in (101.6 mm)
|stroke= 4 in (101.6 mm)
|displacement= 251.43 cu in (4.1 L)
|length=28.5 in (724 mm)
|diameter=34 in (863.6 mm)
|width=
|height=
|weight=168 lb (76 kg)
|valvetrain=Overhead poppet valves
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|coolingsystem=Air-cooled
|power=65 hp at 1,800 rpm
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|compression=5.2:1
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|power/weight=0.38 hp/lb
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|reduction_gear=Direct drive, Left hand tractor
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See also
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References
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=Bibliography=
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- {{cite book |last= Gunston |first= Bill |title=World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines |year=1986 |publisher=Patrick Stephens |location= Wellingborough |page=18 |isbn= 0-7509-4479-X }}
- Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. {{ISBN|1-85310-294-6}}.
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External links
{{Commons category|Armstrong Siddeley Genet}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080922030626/http://www.aarg.com.au/GenetEngine.htm Armstrong Siddeley Genet at the Australian National Aviation Museum]
- {{cite magazine |title= Armstrong Siddeley Genet.|magazine= Flight|issue=26 August 1926 |pages=531–2 |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1926/1926%20-%200601.html}}
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