Blackburn Cirrus Midget

The Blackburn Cirrus Midget was a piston engine of the British manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft and intended for general aviation. In 1937, presented four-cylinder OHV engine in 1938 was tentatively incorporated into a Chilton Monoplane, mass production, however, remained under.

The structural design of the engine is similar to that of the Blackburn Cirrus Minor. It was an air-cooled engine with overhead cylinders. With mixture he was fed by a downdraft carburetor. The propeller was driven directly by the crankshaft without gears. The back of the engine accessory drive cover was flanged.

Specifications

  • Bore 85 mm
  • Stroke 100 mm
  • Displacement 2270 cm ³
  • 6.0:1 compression
  • Length 930 mm
  • Width 360 mm
  • Height 550 mm
  • Weight 70 kg
  • Home Power 55 hp ( 40 kW) at a speed of 2600 rpm
  • Travel Power 48 hp ( 35 kW) at 2300 rpm

Swell

  • Alec Lumsden: British Piston Aero Engines and Their Aircraft. The Crowood Press Ltd, 2003, ISBN 1853102946th
  • Hans Giger: piston aircraft engines. History and Development in words and pictures. Engine book publishing house, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3,613,010,895th
  • Propeller engine
  • Line engine (aviation )
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