The Armstrong Siddeley Genet is a five-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine for aircraft use built in the UK, first run in 1926. It developed 80 hp at 2,200 rpm in its final form and was a popular light aircraft powerplant. Following the company tradition with a slight deviation the engine was named after the Genet, a catlike animal of the same order but different family.

Variants and applications

Genet I

Genet I producing 65 hp. *

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* Avro Avian prototype * Blackburn Bluebird I *

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s. C.9 and C.10 *

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Junior * Medwecki and Nowakowski M.N.5 *

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Genet II

The Genet II produced 80 hp due to an increased compression ratio of 5.25:1. *

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* Blackburn Bluebird II * Cierva C.19 autogyro *

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* Fairchild 21 *

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* Robinson Redwing II *

* Westland Widgeon

Genet IIA

Also 80 hp and with minor differences to the Mark I. * Robinson Redwing II

Engines on display

Two preserved Armstrong Siddeley Genets are on static display at the

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. A preserved Genet is on display at the

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, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia There is a restored Genet at the

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, Bradley Int'l Airport, Windsor Locks, CT. A Genet is on display at the

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Specifications (Genet I)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* * Lumsden, Alec. ''British Piston Engines and their Aircraft''. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .

External links

Armstrong Siddeley Genet at the Australian National Aviation Museum
* {{ASaeroengines 1920s aircraft piston engines Aircraft air-cooled radial piston engines Genet