The ABC Mosquito was a 120 hp (90 kW) six-cylinder radial

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for use in light aircraft. The single Mosquito engine was built by

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, first running in 1916. It is thought that the design resulted from a bet between

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and Bradshaw, Hawker proposing that Bradshaw could not build and fly a six-cylinder radial engine. The Mosquito used copper-plated steel

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cylinders. The engine was not a success.Lumsden 2003, p.51.

Applications

* BAT F.K. 22

Specifications (Mosquito)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* Lumsden, Alec. ''British Piston Engines and their Aircraft''. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .

External links

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