''Argus Motoren'' was a German manufacturing firm known for their series of small inverted-

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Argus As 014 The Argus As 014 (designated 109-014 by the Ministry of Aviation (Germany), RLM) was a pulsejet engine used on the German V-1 flying bomb of World War II, and the first model of pulsejet engine placed in mass production. License manufacture of t ...

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for the

V-1 flying bomb The V-1 flying bomb ( "Vengeance Weapon 1") was an early cruise missile. Its official Reich Aviation Ministry () name was Fieseler Fi 103 and its suggestive name was (hellhound). It was also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb or doodlebug a ...

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Started in

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in 1906 as a subsidiary of Henri Jeannin's automobile business, ''Argus Motoren'' company spun off entirely in November 1906. Their early products were car and boat engines, but later that year they were contracted to produce engines for the

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, '' Ville de Paris'', supplying them with a converted boat motor. They turned increasingly to the aviation market, and were widely used by 1910, receiving an order from

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for one of his large airplanes under construction in

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. During

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Argus produced engines for the

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and air corps. After World War I the company manufactured automobile engines and acquired a majority interest in Horch Automobile in 1919. In 1926 they resumed aircraft engine design, producing a series of inverted inline and

s. Although all were at the "low-power" end of the market by the start of

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, they saw extensive use in training aircraft and other utility roles. Most famous of these designs are the

Argus As 10 The Argus As 10 was a German-designed and built, air-cooled 90° cylinder bank-angle inverted V8 "low power" aircraft engine, used mainly in training aircraft such as the Arado Ar 66 and Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser and other small short-range ...

, used in the

Fieseler Fi 156 The Fieseler Fi 156 ''Storch'' (, "stork") is a liaison aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Fieseler. Its nickname of '' Storch'' was derived from the lengthy legs of its main landing gear, which gave the aircraft ...

''Storch'', in the

Arado Ar 66 The Arado Ar 66 was a single-engined twin-seat training biplane designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Arado. It was the last aircraft to be designed by the aeronautical engineer Walter Rethel in collaboration with Arado. ...

and in the

Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the ...

''Stösser''; and the

Argus As 410 The Argus As 410 was a German air-cooled inverted V-12 aircraft engine that was first produced by Argus Motoren in 1938. Design and development The engine marked a departure from earlier Argus engines in that it had new construction techniques ...

, used on many German trainers, including the

Arado Ar 96 The Arado Ar 96 was a single-engine, low-wing monoplane of Aluminium, all-metal construction, designed and produced by the Nazi Germany, German aircraft manufacturer Arado Flugzeugwerke. It was the ''Luftwaffe''s standard advanced Trainer (aircra ...

and the

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. Argus provided also

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, patented by Hermann Klaue (1912-2001), for the Arado Ar 96

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tank drive train. The Berlin-

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provided labor for the Argus-Werke.

Argus aircraft engines

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Argus As I The Argus As I was a four-cylinder, water-cooled, aircraft engine produced in Germany by Argus Motoren from 1911 until about 1913. The engine saw widespread use in aircraft in pre-war Germany and initially was also sold under the brand name 'Av ...

: 4-cylinder, 100 hp, year 1913Military Factory: ''Sikorsky Il'ya Muromets''
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Argus As II The Argus As II was a six-cylinder, in-line, water-cooled, aircraft engine produced in Germany by Argus Motoren in 1914. The Argus As II produced at 1,350 rpm.Der Argus Flugmotor, 1916 Design and development The Argus As II was a major re ...

: 6-cylinder upright inline, 120 hp, year 1914 : Argus As IIa: 140 hp, particulars unknown :

Argus As III The Argus As III was a six-cylinder, in-line, water-cooled, aircraft engine produced in Germany by Argus Motoren during World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was ...

: 6-cylinder upright inline, 180 hp : Argus As IV (1916): 6-cylinder upright inline 250 hp, production uncertain : Argus As IV: 8-cylinder upright V, 225 hp, limited production ;Post-World War I : Argus As 5: double W, 3+3 banks of 4 cylinders each; never materialised : Argus As 7: 9R 700 hp :

Argus As 8 The Argus As 8 was a four-cylinder, air-cooled, inverted inline aircraft engine produced in Germany by Argus Motoren in the 1930s. Variants ;As 8A:Initial production version maximum for 5 minutes, continuous. ;As 8B:A more powerful variant de ...

: 4-cylinder inverted inline :

: 8-cylinder inverted V : Argus As 12: 16H 550 hp : Argus As 16: 4-cylinder inverted inline 40 hp :

Argus As 17 The Argus As 17 was an air cooled six-cylinder in-line aircraft engine designed by the German engineering company Argus Motoren in the 1930s. Developed from the same company's smaller As 8, the engine was produced in ratings between . First dem ...

: 6-cylinder inverted inline 225 hp / 285 hp : Argus As 401: development and renumbering of the As 10 : Argus As 402: : Argus As 403: radial engine project, not built. :

: 12-cylinder inverted V :

Argus As 411 The Argus 411 was an air-cooled, inverted-V12 aircraft engine developed by Argus Motoren in Germany during World War II. Design and development The As 411 was a refined and more powerful version of the Argus As 410. Most 411 production was under ...

: 12-cylinder inverted V :

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: 24-cylinder H-block, prototyped :

Argus As 413 Argus is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek word ''Argos''. It may refer to: Greek mythology *Argus (Greek myth), various mythological characters, including: **Argus (king of Argos), son of Zeus (or Phoroneus) and Niobe **Argus (son of Are ...

: similar to 412, never built : Argus 109-014:

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and Tornado boat :Argus 109-044: Pulse jet similar to the Argus 109-014, but with "square intake" main valve bank at front

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Argus As 292 The Argus As 292 was originally developed in 1939 as a small, remote-controlled unmanned anti-aircraft target drone. A short-range reconnaissance version was also developed. The success of the project led to the Argus Fernfeuer UAV proposal. De ...

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