The ADC Cirrus is a series of British aero engines manufactured using surplus Renault parts by the Aircraft Disposal Company (ADC) in the 1920s. The engines...
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late 1950s. Cirrus I (1925) Cirrus II (1926) Cirrus III (1929) Introduced by ADC, also manufactured by Cirrus Aero Engines. American Cirrus III (1929)...
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early DH60 de Havilland Cirrus Moth and which had been in production by the Aircraft Disposal Company (ADC) and later Cirrus Aero Engine Limited, which...
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the aircraft was a two-seat light biplane powered by a 60 hp (45 kW) ADC Cirrus piston engine. Although the directors of the academy were opposed to the...
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De Havilland Gipsy (section Cirrus origins)
in-line aircraft engine designed by Frank Halford in 1927 to replace the ADC Cirrus in the de Havilland DH.60 Moth light biplane. Initially developed as an...
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hp/lb (0.73 kW/kg) Related development Blackburn Cirrus Major Comparable engines Argus As 8 ADC Cirrus Alfa Romeo 110 Hirth HM 504 Menasco C4 Related lists...
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Halford, the 'Cirrus' line continued to be manufactured by Cirrus Aero Engines Ltd and their successors. ADC Airdisco ADC Cirrus ADC Nimbus ADC Airsix Related...
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800 rpm (takeoff power) Compression ratio: 4.6:1 Related development ADC Cirrus Related lists List of aircraft engines Lumsden 2003, p. 55. Shuttleworth...
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De Havilland DH.60 Moth (redirect from De Havilland Cirrus Moth)
was developed from the larger DH.51 biplane. The first flight of the ADC Cirrus-powered prototype DH.60 Moth (registration G-EBKT) was carried out by...
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Stag Lane Aerodrome on 24 June 1927 and was fitted with an 85 hp (63 kW) ADC Cirrus II engine to check its handling characteristics. This was then replaced...
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