The Wolseley 60 hp or Type C was a British liquid-cooled
V-8 aero engine that first ran in 1910, it was designed and built by
Wolseley Motors
Wolseley Motors Limited was a British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in early 1901 by the Vickers Armaments in conjunction with Herbert Austin. It initially made a full range, topped by large luxury cars, and dominated the market in the Ed ...
. The engine featured water-cooled exhaust ports and employed a 20 lb (9 kg)
flywheel
A flywheel is a mechanical device which uses the conservation of angular momentum to store rotational energy; a form of kinetic energy proportional to the product of its moment of inertia and the square of its rotational speed. In particular, ass ...
. During an official four-hour test the engine produced an average of 55
horsepower
Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power, or the rate at which work is done, usually in reference to the output of engines or motors. There are many different standards and types of horsepower. Two common definitions used today are the ...
(41
kW). A larger
capacity variant known as the 80 hp or Type B used an internal camshaft and propeller reduction gear.
[Lumsden 2003, p. 232.]
Applications
;60 hp
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Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.1
The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 was a British single-engine tractor two-seat biplane designed and developed at the Royal Aircraft Factory. Most of the roughly 3,500 built were constructed under contract by private companies, including establi ...
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Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2
The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 was a British single-engine tractor two-seat biplane designed and developed at the Royal Aircraft Factory. Most of the roughly 3,500 built were constructed under contract by private companies, including establish ...
;80 hp
*
Vickers E.F.B.1
The Vickers E.F.B.1 'Destroyer' was an early British military aircraft prototype. Although not itself a success, the design was considered worth developing, and a series of similar aircraft were produced in prototype form, eventually leading to ...
Engines on display
A preserved Wolseley 60 hp is on public display at the
Science Museum (London)
The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London. It was founded in 1857 and is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 3.3 million visitors annually in 2019.
Like other publicly funded ...
.
Specifications (60 hp)
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
* Lumsden, Alec. ''British Piston Engines and their Aircraft''. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .
External links
''Flight,'' March 1910 - Side view of the Wolseley 80 hp
{{Wolseley aeroengines
60
1910s aircraft piston engines