The Bailey Hornet is a British
aircraft engine
An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbines, although a few have been rocket powered and in recent years many ...
, under development by
Bailey Aviation of
Royston, Hertfordshire
Royston is a town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North Hertfordshire, District of North Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England.
It is situated on the Prime meridian (Greenwich), Greenwich Meridian, which brush ...
for use in
powered paragliders.
[Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', pages 256-257. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
The engine was publicly introduced in 2013, but as of 2018 does not appear for sale.
Design and development
The engine is a twin-cylinder
two-stroke
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a Thermodynamic power cycle, power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being comple ...
,
horizontally-opposed, air-cooled, petrol engine design, with a
helical gear mechanical gearbox
reduction drive and a centrifugal clutch. It produces and weighs .
Specifications (Hornet)
See also
References
External links
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Bailey aircraft engines
Two-stroke aircraft piston engines
Air-cooled aircraft piston engines
2010s aircraft piston engines