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modified from a Ford motor car engine by

Carden Aero Engines Carden Aero Engines Limited was a 1930s British fixed-wing aero-engine manufacturer, based at Heston Aerodrome. History Sir John Carden established the company in March 1936, while the Flying Flea craze was sweeping Britain. He saw a need for a ...

The company saw a need for a cheap low-powered propulsion unit for

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and the engine was an adaptation of the well-proven and reliable Ford 10 Model C motor car

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. The engine was reversed, and a

thrust bearing A thrust bearing is a particular type of rotary bearing. Like other bearings they permanently rotate between parts, but they are designed to support a predominantly axial load. Thrust bearings come in several varieties. *''Thrust ball bearing ...

fitted to what was now the front of the engine. The

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was replaced by lightweight

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gears, an Elektron

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fitted, and dual ignition if requested. There were two

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variants, one with an 'L' shape, the other with a low-profile flat head which required a separate header tank. This latter design was adapted for the elegant

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Ltd Chilton D.W.1

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of 1936.

Variants

;Carden-Ford 31 hp 4-cylinderLumsden 1994 :A much modified

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car engine. ;Carden-Ford S.P.1 :Further development of the 31 hp engine, with a centric supercharger, 1.1:1 gear ratio, splined propeller shaft extension and horizontal mounting for flush wing mounting. Used exclusively on the

Carden-Baynes Bee The Carden-Baynes Bee was a 1930s British two-seat aircraft, with twin engines in pusher configuration buried in the wings. The wings rotated for storage. Financial problems limited the Bee to a single flight. Design and development Carden Aer ...

Application

* Broughton-Blayney Brawney *

B.A.C. Drone The B.A.C. Drone was a British ultralight single-seat aircraft of the 1930s. Design During the early 1930s, the British Aircraft Company of Maidstone, Kent built a series of gliders culminating in the B.A.C. VII tandem two-seater. In 1932 the fi ...

* Chilton D.W.1 monoplane *

Kronfeld Monoplane The Kronfeld Monoplane was a 1930s British ultra-light aircraft designed by Robert Kronfeld, only one was built. Design and development Designed as a successor to the company's Kronfeld Drone, the Monoplane was a single-seat parasol monoplane ...

Mignet HM.14 The Mignet HM.14 ''Flying Flea'' (''Pou du Ciel'' literally "Louse of the Sky" in French) is a single-seat light aircraft first flown in 1933, designed for amateur construction. It was the first of a family of aircraft collectively known as Flyi ...

(''Flying Flea'') *

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* Taylor Watkinson Dingbat

Engine specifications (Carden-Ford 31 hp 4-cylinder)

Notes

References

*Lumsden, Alec. ''British Piston Engines and their Aircraft''. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 1994. {{ISBN, 1-85310-294-6 1930s aircraft piston engines