Blackburn Cirrus Bombardier
{{short description|1950s British piston aircraft engine}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}
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The Blackburn Cirrus Bombardier is a British four-cylinder inline aircraft engine, developed and built by the Blackburn Aircraft company in the mid-1950s. The engine featured fuel injection.
Variants
;Cirrus Bombardier 203
:Military version, 203 hp (151 kW).
;Cirrus Bombardier 702
:Civil version, 180 hp (134 kW).
;Cirrus Bombardier 704
:Helicopter engine
Applications
Specifications (Cirrus Bombardier 203)
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|ref=Lumsden.Lumsden 2003, p.91.
|type=Air-cooled, inline inverted four-cylinder
|bore=4.8 in (122 mm)
|stroke=5.5 in (140 mm)
|displacement=398 cu in (6.5 L)
|length= 45.3 in (1,151 mm)
|diameter=
|width=19 in (483 mm)
|height= 30.95 in (786 mm)
|weight= 325 lb (147.4 kg)
|valvetrain=1 inlet and 1 exhaust valve per cylinder
|supercharger=
|turbocharger=
|fuelsystem=Fuel injected
|fueltype=100 octane petrol
|oilsystem=
|coolingsystem=Air-cooled
|power= 203 hp (151 kW) at 2,100 rpm
|specpower=
|compression=7:1
|fuelcon=
|specfuelcon=
|oilcon=
|power/weight= 0.62 hp/lb (1 kW/kg)
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See also
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References
=Notes=
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=Bibliography=
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- [http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/Duxford/data01.htm Oldengine.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314003852/http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/Duxford/data01.htm |date=14 March 2007 }}
- {{cite book |last= Gunston |first= Bill |title=World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines |year=1986 |publisher=Patrick Stephens |location= Wellingborough |pages=40 }}
- Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. {{ISBN|1-85310-294-6}}.
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External links
- [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1948/1948%20-%201761.html "Cirrus Bombardier"] a 1948 Flight article
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Category:Aircraft air-cooled inline piston engines
Category:1950s aircraft piston engines