The Salmson AD.3 or Salmson 3 Ad was a French designed, three-cylinder, air-cooled
radial
Radial is a geometric term of location which may refer to:
Mathematics and Direction
* Vector (geometric), a line
* Radius, adjective form of
* Radial distance, a directional coordinate in a polar coordinate system
* Radial set
* A bearing from ...
aero engine
An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbines, although a few have been rocket powered and in recent years man ...
. It was also produced by
British Salmson
British Salmson was a British based manufacturer of cars, from 1934 to 1939. An offshoot of the French Salmson company, it was taken over by local management. After producing war supplies during World War II, it ceased car production, moved to G ...
in
Great Britain
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during the 1920s.
Applications (3 Ad)
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Adaridi AD 3
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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 tou ...
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Peyret-Nessler Libellule
The Peyret-Nessler Libellule (Dragonfly) was a French two-seat, low-powered () parasol wing light aircraft built in 1927 to provide practical but economical flying. It was one of the first of these French ''avionettes''.
Design and development
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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)
See also
References
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Aircraft air-cooled radial piston engines
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