Argus As 10

As 10
Argus As 10 installed in a Fieseler Storch at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
Type	Piston aircraft engine
Manufacturer	Argus Motoren
First run	1928
Major applications	Fieseler Fi 156 Focke-Wulf Fw 56
Number built	28,700

The Argus As 10 is a German-designed and built "low power" aircraft engine, used mainly in training aircraft such as the Arado Ar 66 and Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser and other small short range reconnaissance and communications aircraft like the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch during and shortly after WWII. It was first built in 1928.^[1]

Applications

• Arado Ar 66
• Arado Ar 76
• Dornier Do 12
• Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
• Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser
• Focke-Wulf Fw 58
• Gotha Go 145
• Henschel Hs 121
• Klemm Kl 151
• Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun
• Kayaba Ka-1 Imperial Japanese Army Observation autogiro
• Rogozarski SIM-XIV-H

Specifications (Argus As 10 C)

Argus As 10 C, partially sectioned, showing some inner parts

General characteristics

• Type: 8-cylinder, air-cooled, 90° inverted Vee piston aircraft engine
• Bore: 120 mm (4.72 in)
• Stroke: 140 mm (5.5 in)
• Displacement: 12.667 L (773 in³)
• Length: 1,105 mm (43.51 in)
• Height: 936 mm (36.85 in)
• Dry weight: 213 kg (470 lb)

Components

• Valvetrain: Two valves per cylinder.
• Fuel system: Two Sun carburetors adapted for aerobatics
• Fuel type: 80 octane
• Cooling system: Air

Performance

• Power output:
  
  • 179 kW (240 hp) at 2,000 rpm
• Specific power: 14.8 kW/L (0.31 hp/in³)
• Compression ratio: 5.9:1
• Specific fuel consumption: 235 gr/(hp*h); 0.518 lb/(hp*h)
• Power-to-weight ratio: 0.835 kW/kg (0.51 hp/lb)

See also

Related lists

• List of aircraft engines
  

References

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