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
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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 of conventional taildragger configuration.
Specifications (L 100)
References
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Albatros Al 101
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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 ...
(As 8A)
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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)
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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 ...
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BFW M.23
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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 ...
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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 won the ''Circuit of Europe'' or ''Challenge International de Tourisme' ...
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BFW M.35
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Blohm & Voss Ha 136
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Comte AC-12 Moskito
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Darmstadt D-22
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DFS 40
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The DFS 40 (originally developed as the Delta V) was a tail-less research aircraft designed by Alexander Lippisch in 1937 as a follow-on to his Delta IV aircraft. In construction, the DFS was closer to a flying wing than its predeces ...
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Focke-Wulf Fw 44
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Heinkel He 64
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Heinkel He 72
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Klemm L 25E
Klemm L 25, later Klemm Kl 25 was a successful German light leisure, sports and training monoplane aircraft, developed in 1928. More than 600 aircraft were built, and manufacturing licenses were sold to the United Kingdom and the United State ...
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Klemm Kl 32
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Raab-Katzenstein RK.25/32
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Ruhrtaler Ru.3
The Ruhrtaler Ru.3 was a German advanced single-seat trainer designed to take pilots to combat standards. Initial flying tests showed promise but the owner of Ruhrtaler cancelled all aeronautical activity after his son was killed whilst demonstr ...
Specifications (As 8B)
See also
References
Further reading
External links
Das Virtuelle Luftfahrtmuseum
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Air-cooled aircraft piston engines
Argus aircraft engines
1930s aircraft piston engines
Inverted aircraft piston engines