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 business, ...
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
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 __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
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
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
The BFW M.35, sometimes known as the Messerschmitt M 35, was a German sports plane of the early 1930s. It was the last of a line designed by Willy Messerschmitt.
Development
During the period of 1927-33, Messerschmitt designed a series of six s ...
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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
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 lice ...
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Heinkel He 64
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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
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
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-w ...
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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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