Salmson AD.3
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|name= AD.3 |image = Salmson A.D.3.jpg |caption = Preserved Salmson 3 Ad engine at the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim }} {{Infobox Aircraft Engine |type= Radial engine |national origin = France |manufacturer= Salmson |first run= |major applications= |number built = |program cost = |unit cost = |developed from = |developed into = |variants with their own articles = }} |
The Salmson AD.3 or Salmson 3 Ad was a French designed, three-cylinder, air-cooled radial aero engine. It was also produced by British Salmson in Great Britain during the 1920s.
Applications (3 Ad)
Engines on display
A preserved Salmson 3 Ad engine is on public display at the Deutsches Museum, Munich.
Specifications (AD.3)
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|ref=Flight, 21 February 1924.{{cite journal |date=21 February 1924 |title=Some French light 'plane engines|journal= Flight|volume=16 |issue=8 |pages=104–5 |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1924/1924%20-%200105.html }}
|type=Three-cylinder, single-row, water-cooled radial engine
|bore=70 mm (2.75 in)
|stroke=86 mm (3.4 in)
|displacement= 0.993 L (60.6 cu in)
|length=650 mm (25.6 in)
|diameter=550 mm (21.6 in)
|width=
|height=
|weight=34 kg (75 lb)
|valvetrain=Two overhead valves per cylinder, pushrod operated
|supercharger=
|turbocharger=
|fuelsystem=Claudel carburettor
|fueltype=
|oilsystem=Pressure lubrication
|coolingsystem=Air-cooled
|power=12 kW (16 hp) at 2,400 rpm
|specpower=
|compression=5.5.:1
|fuelcon=
|specfuelcon=250 g (0.55 lb) per horsepower-hour
|oilcon=15 g (0.33 lb) per horsepower hour
|power/weight=0.35 kW/kg (0.21 hp/lb)
|reduction_gear=Direct drive
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See also
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References
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Category:1920s aircraft piston engines