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aero-engine 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 ...

The company saw a need for a cheap low-powered propulsion unit for ultralight aircraft and the engine was an adaptation of the well-proven and reliable Ford 10 Model C motor car

engine An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy. Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power ...

. The engine was reversed, and a

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fitted to what was now the front of the engine. The chain drive was replaced by lightweight fibre gears, an Elektron

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fitted, and dual ignition if requested. There were two

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head 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

Chilton Aircraft Chilton Aircraft Ltd was a British aircraft design and manufacturing company of the late 1930s and 1940s. Foundation The company was founded in early 1937 by two former de Havilland Technical School students and Old Etonians, the Hon. Andrew ...

Ltd Chilton D.W.1

Monoplane A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes. A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing con ...

of 1936.

Variants

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

Ford 10 The Ford Model C Ten is a car that was built by Ford UK between 1934 and 1937. The Ten moniker signifies its 10 British fiscal horsepower. The car was also assembled in Spain (Barcelona) between 1934 and 1936. The German version produced in th ...

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

Application

* Broughton-Blayney Brawney * B.A.C. Drone * Chilton D.W.1 monoplane * Carden-Baynes Bee *

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 (''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