The Salmson AD.3 or Salmson 3 Ad was a French designed, three-cylinder, air-cooled
radial
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Mathematics and Direction
* Vector (geometric), a line
* Radius, adjective form of
* Radial distance (geometry), a directional coordinate in a polar coordinate system
* Radial set
* A ...
aero engine
An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Aircraft using power components are referred to as powered flight. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbin ...
. It was also produced by
British Salmson in
Great Britain
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during the 1920s.
Applications (3 Ad)
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Adaridi AD 3
Adaridi AD 3 was a wooden aircraft designed by the Russian engineer Boris Adaridin, who lived in Finland. It was a high wing aircraft with a low-powered engine. In 1923, the Finnish Air Force ordered one Adaridi aircraft. The aircraft was not giv ...
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Farman Aviette
The Farman Moustique is a family of French monoplanes built by the Société des Aéroplanes Henry et Maurice Farman at Billancourt.
Shortly after the end of World War I, Farman introduced a low powered single seat monoplane for sport and t ...
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Peyret-Nessler Libellule
Engines on display
A preserved Salmson 3 Ad engine is on public display at the
Deutsches Museum
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Munich
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Specifications (AD.3)
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1920s aircraft piston engines
Aircraft air-cooled radial piston engines
Salmson aircraft engines