The Wolseley Viper is a British-built, high-compression derivative of the
Hispano Suiza HS-8 liquid-cooled
V-8 engine, built under licence 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 E ...
during
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
.
It powered later models of the
S.E.5a,
SPAD VII and other British or British-built aircraft designed for the Hispano-Suiza.
Variants
; Wolseley W.4A Python I
; Wolseley W.4A Python II
; Wolseley W.4A Viper
; Wolseley W.4B Adder I
; Wolseley W.4B Adder II
; Wolseley W.4B Adder III
; Wolseley W.4A Python
Applications
*
Airco DH.9
*
Avro 552
The Avro 552 was a British light biplane aircraft produced in the early 1920s. It was another attempt by Avro to sell a derivative of the wartime 504 to the civil market.
Design and development
In this case, the company took advantage of the ...
*
Bristol M.R.1
The Bristol M.R.1 was an experimental biplane with an aluminium monocoque fuselage and metal wings, produced by Bristol during the First World War. Two were built to government order.
Development
Early in the development of powered flight, some ...
*
Bristol Tourer
*
Cierva C.8
The Cierva C.8 was an experimental autogyro built by Juan de la Cierva in England in 1926 in association with Avro. Like Cierva's earlier autogyros, the C.8s were based on existing fixed-wing aircraft fuselages – in this case, the Avro 552.
...
*
Martinsyde F.6
*
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a
*
Sopwith Antelope
The Sopwith Antelope was a British three-seat transport aircraft built after the end of the First World War. A single-engined biplane based on the Sopwith Wallaby long-range aircraft, only a single Antelope was built.
Development and design
I ...
*
Sopwith Cuckoo
Survivors
A Wolseley Viper powered
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a is owned by, and on display at
The Shuttleworth Collection
The Shuttleworth Collection is a working aeronautical and automotive collection located at the Old Warden Aerodrome, Old Warden in Bedfordshire, England. It is the oldest in the world and one of the most prestigious, due to the variety of old ...
,
Old Warden Aerodrome
Old Warden Aerodrome is located east southeast of Bedford, in Bedfordshire, England. The privately owned aerodrome serves The Shuttleworth Collection
The Shuttleworth Collection is a working aeronautical and automotive collection located ...
in the UK.
The Shuttleworth Collection - SE5a
www.shuttleworth.org Retrieved: 09 March 2017.
Engines on display
*A preserved Wolseley Viper is on public display at the Science Museum, London.
*A preserved Wolseley Viper is on public display at the Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina
The National Aeronautics Museum "Brigadier Edmundo Civati Bernasconi" ( es, Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica) is an Argentine museum located in the city of Morón, Buenos Aires. Established in 1960, the museum is dedicated to the history of aviati ...
Specifications (W.4A Viper)
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
* Lumsden, Alec. ''British Piston Engines and their Aircraft''. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .
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Viper
The Viperidae (vipers) are a family of snakes found in most parts of the world, except for Antarctica, Australia, Hawaii, Madagascar, and various other isolated islands. They are venomous and have long (relative to non-vipers), hinged fangs tha ...
1910s aircraft piston engines