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 Argus (automobile), subsidiary of Henri Jeannin's a ...
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
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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 and instructor in separate, open cockpit
A cockpit or flight deck is the area, on the front part of ...
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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
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BFW M.23
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BFW M.27
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BFW M.29
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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
The Darmstadt D-22 was a sports-plane of Germany, designed and built by Akaflieg of Technische Universität Darmstadt.
Design and development
The aircraft was designed by F. Fecher in the Akaflieg (academic group of flyers) of Technische Univ ...
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DFS 40
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Focke-Wulf Fw 44
The Focke-Wulf Fw 44 ''Stieglitz'' (Goldfinch) is a twin-seat biplane designed and produced by the Germany, German aircraft manufacturer Focke-Wulf. It was the company's first major international success.
The Fw 44 had a relatively conventional ...
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Heinkel He 64
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Heinkel He 72
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Klemm L 25E
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Klemm Kl 32
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Raab-Katzenstein RK.25/32
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Ruhrtaler Ru.3
Specifications (As 8B)
See also
References
Further reading
External links
Das Virtuelle Luftfahrtmuseum
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Air-cooled aircraft piston engines
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