The Argus As 8 was a four-cylinder, air-cooled, inverted inline aircraft engine produced in Germany by
Argus Motoren in the 1930s.
Variants
;As 8A:Initial production version maximum for 5 minutes, continuous.
;As 8B:A more powerful variant developing maximum for 5 minutes, continuous.
;As 8R:A variant produced for sport aircraft, particularly for competition use, developing for take-off. Featuring:
:*Increased compression ratio, from 5.36 to 5.8
:*Improved cooling by increasing the numbers of cooling fins at the cylinder head and the cylinder body
:*Increasing the heat dispersing area of the pistons
:*Improved crankcase and oil cooling
:*Improved cylinder charging
:*Modified valve timing
Applications
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Albatros L 100 __NOTOC__
The Albatros L 100 was a light aircraft built in Germany to compete in the Europarundflug air-race. It was a low-wing braced monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a b ...
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Albatros Al 101
The Albatros Al 101 was a 1930s German trainer aircraft. It was a parasol-wing monoplane of conventional configuration, and seated the pilot
An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its ...
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Arado L II
The Arado L II was a 1920s German two-seat, high-wing touring monoplane.
In 1930, a revised version with folding wings and improved undercarriage, the L IIa first flew, and four examples took part in the Challenge International de Tourisme 1930 ...
(As 8A)
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Arado L IIa
The Arado L II was a 1920s German two-seat, high-wing touring monoplane.
In 1930, a revised version with folding wings and improved undercarriage, the L IIa first flew, and four examples took part in the Challenge International de Tourisme 1930, ...
(As 8R)
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Baumgärtl Heliofly III __NOTOC__
The Baumgärtl Heliofly III/57 and Baumgärtl Heliofly III/59 were 1940s experimental backpack helicopter
A backpack helicopter is a helicopter motor and rotor and controls assembly that can be strapped to a person's back, so they can ...
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BFW M.23
The BFW M.23, sometimes known as the Messerschmitt M 23, was a 1920s two-seat sporting aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt, and produced by ''Bayerische Flugzeugwerke'' (BFW). Examples won several prestigious races in 1929 and 1930.
Develo ...
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BFW M.27
The BFW M.27, sometimes known as the Messerschmitt M.27, was a German two-seat sports plane with a low, cantilever wing, open cockpits and a fixed undercarriage sold in small numbers at the start of the 1930s.
Development
In the late 1920s and e ...
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BFW M.29
The BFW M.29 was a single-engine two-seat low-wing aircraft, designed by Willy Messerschmitt for the 1932 ''Circuit of Europe'' races.
Development
Messerschmitt M 23s had won the ''Circuit of Europe'' or ''Challenge International de Tourisme' ...
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BFW M.35
The BFW M.35, sometimes known as the Messerschmitt M 35, was a German sports plane of the early 1930s. It was the last of a line designed by Willy Messerschmitt.
Development
During the period of 1927-33, Messerschmitt designed a series of six s ...
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Blohm & Voss Ha 136
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Comte AC-12 Moskito __NOTOC__
The Comte AC-12 Moskito was a 1930s Swiss three-seat light touring cabin monoplane produced by Flugzeugbau A. Comte.
Design
The AC-12 was a high-wing cantilever monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear. The enclosed cabin had a s ...
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Darmstadt D-22
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DFS 40
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The DFS 40 (originally developed as the Delta V) was a tail-less research aircraft designed by Alexander Lippisch in 1937 as a follow-on to his Delta IV aircraft. In construction, the DFS was closer to a flying wing than its predeces ...
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Focke-Wulf Fw 44
The Focke-Wulf Fw 44 ''Stieglitz'' ("Goldfinch") is a 1930s German two-seat biplane. An early design by Kurt Tank, it was produced by the Focke-Wulf company as a pilot training and sports flying aircraft. It was also eventually built under lice ...
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Heinkel He 64
The Heinkel He 64 was a sports plane built in Germany in 1933 to participate in the touring plane championships that year, designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter.
Development
The He 64 was a sleek, low-wing monoplane of conventional configura ...
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Heinkel He 72
The Heinkel He 72 ''Kadett'' ("Cadet") was a German single-engine biplane trainer of the 1930s.
Development
The ''Kadett'' was designed in 1933 to meet an official requirement for a basic trainer. It was a single-bay biplane of fabric-covered ...
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Klemm L 25E
Klemm L 25, later Klemm Kl 25 was a successful German light leisure, sports and training monoplane aircraft, developed in 1928. More than 600 aircraft were built, and manufacturing licenses were sold to the United Kingdom and the United State ...
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Klemm Kl 32
The Klemm Kl 32 was a touring aircraft, developed in Germany in 1932, based on the Klemm Kl 31 as a competitor in the Challenge 1932 touring aircraft competition.
Design and development
Like its predecessor, the KI 32 was a conventional, low-wi ...
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Raab-Katzenstein RK.25/32
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Ruhrtaler Ru.3
Specifications (As 8B)
See also
References
Further reading
External links
Das Virtuelle Luftfahrtmuseum
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Air-cooled aircraft piston engines
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1930s aircraft piston engines
Inverted aircraft piston engines