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 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

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 of conventional taildragger configuration. Specifications (L 100) References * {{cite ...

* Albatros Al 101 *

Arado L II The Arado L II was a 1920s German two-seat, high-wing touring monoplane. In 1930, a revised version with folding wings and improved undercarriage, the L IIa first flew, and four examples took part in the Challenge International de Tourisme 1930 ...

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Arado L IIa The Arado L II was a 1920s German two-seat, high-wing touring monoplane. In 1930, a revised version with folding wings and improved undercarriage, the L IIa first flew, and four examples took part in the Challenge International de Tourisme 1930, ...

(As 8R) *

Baumgärtl Heliofly III __NOTOC__ The Baumgärtl Heliofly III/57 and Baumgärtl Heliofly III/59 were 1940s experimental backpack helicopter A backpack helicopter is a helicopter motor and rotor and controls assembly that can be strapped to a person's back, so they can ...

* BFW M.23 *

BFW M.27 The BFW M.27, sometimes known as the Messerschmitt M.27, was a German two-seat sports plane with a low, cantilever wing, open cockpits and a fixed undercarriage sold in small numbers at the start of the 1930s. Development In the late 1920s and e ...

BFW M.29 The BFW M.29 was a single-engine two-seat low-wing aircraft, designed by Willy Messerschmitt for the 1932 ''Circuit of Europe'' races. Development Messerschmitt M 23s had w