The Bristol Cherub is a British two-cylinder, air-cooled, aircraft engine designed and built by the

Bristol Aeroplane Company The Bristol Aeroplane Company, originally the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, was both one of the first and one of the most important British aviation companies, designing and manufacturing both airframes and aircraft engines. Notable ...

. Introduced in 1923 it was a popular engine for ultralight and small aircraft in the 1930s.

Variants

;Cherub I :Initial direct drive version introduced in 1923. Bore and stroke of for a displacement of 67 cu in (1.095 L). at 2,500 rpm. ;Cherub II :Geared down (2:1) version of the Cherub I. ;Cherub III :An improved and slightly larger (1.228 L) direct drive version introduced in 1925.

Applications

Survivors

An airworthy Messerschmitt M17 replica is owned and operated by the EADS Heritage Flight at

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and is powered by an original Bristol Cherub III.EADS - Messerschmitt M17
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Engines on display

A preserved Bristol Cherub is on static display at the

Shuttleworth Collection The Shuttleworth Collection is a working aviation, automotive and agricultural collection located at Old Warden Aerodrome in Bedfordshire, England. History The collection was founded in 1928 by aviator Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth. While ...

Old Warden Old Warden is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England, about south-east of the county town of Bedford. The 2011 census shows its population as 328. The ...

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated ''Beds'') is a Ceremonial County, ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckin ...

Specifications (Cherub III)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* Guttery, T.E. ''The Shuttleworth Collection''. London: Wm. Carling & Co, 1969. * Lumsden, Alec. ''British Piston Engines and their Aircraft''. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .

External links

The Bristol Cherub - ''Flight'', March 1923
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1920s aircraft piston engines