The Argus As 8 was a four-cylinder, air-cooled, inverted inline aircraft engine produced in Germany by
Argus Motoren
''Argus Motoren'' was a German manufacturing firm known for their series of small inverted-V engines and the Argus As 014 pulsejet for the V-1 flying bomb.
History
Started in Berlin in 1906 as a subsidiary of Henri Jeannin's automobile busines ...
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 (As 8A)
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Arado L IIa (As 8R)
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Baumgärtl Heliofly III
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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
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BFW M.29
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BFW M.35
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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
The Darmstadt D-22 was a sports-plane of Germany, designed and built by Akaflieg of Technische Universität Darmstadt.
Design and development
The aircraft was designed by F. Fecher in the Akaflieg (academic group of flyers) of Technische Univer ...
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DFS 40
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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 l ...
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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
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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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Inverted aircraft piston engines