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|caption=Argus As 10 installed in a [[Fieseler Fi 156|Fieseler Storch]] at the [[Royal Air Force Museum Cosford]]
|caption=Argus As 10 installed in a [[Fieseler Fi 156|Fieseler Storch]] at the [[Royal Air Force Museum Cosford]]
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|type=[[Reciprocating engine|Piston]] [[aircraft engine]]
|type= [[Reciprocating engine|Piston]] [[aircraft engine]]
|manufacturer=[[Argus Motoren]]
|manufacturer= [[Argus Motoren]]
|first run={{Avyear|1928}}
|first run= 1928
|major applications=[[Fieseler Fi 156]]<br>[[Focke-Wulf Fw 56]]
|major applications= [[Fieseler Fi 156 Storch]] <br /> [[Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser]] <br /> [[Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun]]
|number built = 28,700
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The '''Argus As 10''' is a [[Germany|German]]-designed and built, air-cooled 90º cylinder bank angle inverted V8 "low power" inline [[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.<ref>Gunston 1989, p.16.</ref>
The '''Argus As 10''' was a [[Germany|German]]-designed and built, air-cooled 90° cylinder bank-angle inverted V8 "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 World War II. It was first built in 1928.<ref>Gunston 1989, p.16.</ref>


==Variants==
==Variants==
;As 10C:
;As 10C:
;As 10C-1:
;As 10C-1:
;As 10E:Optional output version of the As 10C, delivered with either {{convert|240|PS|kW|abbr=on|0}} or {{convert|270|PS|kW|abbr=on|0}} rating (achieved by increasing maximum rpm).
;As 10E:Optional-output version of the As 10C, delivered with either a {{convert|240|PS|kW|abbr=on|0}} or {{convert|270|PS|kW|abbr=on|0}} rating (achieved by increasing maximum rpm).
;As 10E-2:The proposed powerplant of the [[Pilatus P-1]] trainer project.<ref name =Pilatusbook>{{cite book|last=Eichenberger|first=Roland|title=Pilatus Flugzeuge: 1939–1989|year=1989|publisher=Pilatus Flugzeugwerk|location=Stans|language=German}}</ref>
;As 10E-2:The proposed powerplant of the [[Pilatus P-1]] trainer project.<ref name =Pilatusbook>{{cite book|last=Eichenberger|first=Roland|title=Pilatus Flugzeuge: 1939–1989|year=1989|publisher=Pilatus Flugzeugwerk|location=Stans|language=German}}</ref>
;As 401:Supercharged As 10 with rated output at {{convert|3,000|m|ft|abbr=on|0}}, also fitted with hydraulically actuated variable pitch propeller.
;As 401:Supercharged As 10 with rated output at {{convert|3,000|m|ft|abbr=on|0}}, also fitted with hydraulically actuated variable pitch propeller.
;Salmson 8As-00:Postwar production of the Argus As 10 in France
;Salmson 8As-04:Postwar production of the Argus As 10 in France


==Applications==
==Applications==
[[File:Lufthansa Messerschmitt Bf-108B-1 Taifun D-EBEI OTT 2013 02 Argus As 10c.jpg|thumb|Argus As 10c engine in a Messerschmitt Bf 108 ''Taifun'']]
[[File:Lufthansa Messerschmitt Bf-108B-1 Taifun D-EBEI OTT 2013 02 Argus As 10c.jpg|thumb|Argus As 10c engine in a Messerschmitt Bf 108 ''Taifun'']]
*[[Arado Ar 66]]
* [[AGO Ao 192]]
*[[Arado Ar 76]]
* [[Arado Ar 66]]
*[[Dornier Do 12]]
* [[Arado Ar 76]]
*[[Fieseler Fi 156]] ''Storch''
* [[Dornier Do 12]]
* [[Farman F.510]] Monitor II<ref>{{cite web|author=Bruno Parmentier |url=https://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=4603&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=501&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF= |title=Farman F-510 'Monitor' II - Farman Monitor - Entrainement - Un siècle d'aviation française |publisher=Aviafrance.com |date=1999-07-09 |accessdate=2022-08-31}}</ref>
*[[Focke-Wulf Fw 56]] ''Stösser''
*[[Focke-Wulf Fw 58]]
* [[Fieseler Fi 156 Storch]]
*[[Gotha Go 145]]
* [[Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser]]
*[[Henschel Hs 121]]
* [[Focke-Wulf Fw 58]]
*[[Kayaba Ka-1]] [[Imperial Japanese Army]] Observation [[autogiro]]
* [[Gotha Go 145]]
* [[Henschel Hs 121]]
* [[Kayaba Ka-1]] [[Imperial Japanese Army]] Observation [[autogiro]]
*[[Klemm Kl 151]]
* [[Klemm Kl 151]]
*[[Messerschmitt Bf 108]] ''Taifun''
* [[Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun]]
*[[Rogozarski SIM-XIV-H]]
* [[Rogozarski SIM-XIV-H]]
*[[Siebel Si 201]]
* [[Siebel Si 201]]


==Specifications (Argus As 10 C)==
==Specifications (Argus As 10 C)==
[[Image:Argus As 10 C 1.jpg|thumb|right|Argus As 10 C, partially sectioned, showing some inner parts]]
[[File:Argus As 10 C 1.jpg|thumb|right|Argus As 10 C, partially sectioned, showing some inner parts]]
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|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938<ref name=JAWA1938>{{cite book|title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938|year=1938|publisher=Sampson, Low & Martin company Limited|location=London}}</ref>
|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938,<ref name=JAWA1938>{{cite book|title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938|year=1938|publisher=Sampson, Low & Martin company Limited|location=London}}</ref> Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944<ref name=schneider>{{cite book |last=Schneider |first=Helmut (Dipl.Ing.) |title=Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944 |date=1944 |publisher=Herm. Beyer Verlag |location=Leipzig |isbn=381120484X |edition=Facsimile reprint 1986 |language=German |pages=358–359, 361}}</ref>
|type=inverted V-8, air-cooled, 90° piston engine
|type=inverted V-8 air-cooled inverted 90° piston engine
|bore={{convert|120|mm|in|abbr=on|2}}
|bore={{convert|120|mm|in|abbr=on|3}}
|stroke={{convert|140|mm|in|abbr=on|2}}
|stroke={{convert|140|mm|in|abbr=on|3}}
|displacement={{convert|12.667|l|cuin|abbr=on|2}}
|displacement={{convert|12.667|L|cuin|abbr=on|2}}
|length={{convert|1,105|mm|in|abbr=on|2}}
|length={{convert|1105|mm|in|abbr=on|2}}
|diameter=
|diameter=
|width={{convert|880|mm|in|abbr=on|2}}
|width={{convert|880|mm|in|abbr=on|2}}
|height={{convert|936|mm|in|abbr=on|2}}
|height={{convert|718|mm|in|abbr=on|2}}
|weight={{convert|213|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} dry
|weight={{convert|213|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} dry
::::{{convert|232|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} wet, equipped
|valvetrain=Two valves per cylinder.
|valvetrain=Two under-head valves per cylinder, operated by pushrods and rockers.
|supercharger=
|supercharger=
|turbocharger=
|turbocharger=
|fuelsystem=Two ''Sun'' carburetors adapted for aerobatics
|fuelsystem=Two ''Sun'' carburetors adapted for aerobatics
|fueltype=80 octane
|fueltype=[[80 octane]]
|oilsystem=Dry sump, one pressure pump and two scavenge pumps
|oilsystem=Dry sump, one pressure pump at {{cvt|1.25|-|6|atm|bar psi}} and two scavenge pumps
|coolingsystem=Air
|coolingsystem=Air
|power=&nbsp;
|power={{convert|240|PS|kW|abbr=on|2}} at 2,000 rpm (5-min. Startleistung)
:*{{cvt|240|PS|hp kW|0}} at 2,000 rpm (5 minutes) at sea level
|specpower=14.8 kW/L (0.31 hp/in³)
:*{{cvt|220|PS|hp kW|0}} at 1,940 rpm (30 minutes) at sea level
:*{{cvt|200|PS|hp kW|0}} at 1,890 rpm (max continuous) at sea level
|specpower={{cvt|18.95|PS/L|hp/cuin kW/L}}
|compression=5.9:1
|compression=5.9:1
|fuelcon=
|fuelcon=
|specfuelcon=235 gr/(hp*h); 0.518 lb/(hp*h)
|specfuelcon={{cvt|0.23|kg/PSh|lb/hph kg/kWh}} at max continuous
|oilcon=0.010 kg/kW/hr (0.0176 lb/hp/hr)
|oilcon={{cvt|0.008|kg/PSh|lb/hph kg/kWh}} at max continuous
|power/weight=0.835 kW/kg (0.51 hp/lb)
|power/weight={{cvt|1.124|PS/kg|hp/lb kW/kg}}0.835 kW/kg (0.51 hp/lb)
'''B.M.E.P.:''' {{cvt|7.5|atm|kPa psi}}
}}
}}


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
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===Notes===
===Notes===
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===Bibliography===
===Bibliography===
{{refbegin}}
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite book|last=Eichenberger|first=Roland|title=Pilatus Flugzeuge: 1939–1989|year=1989|publisher=Pilatus Flugzeugwerk|location=Stans|language=German}}
*{{cite book|last=Eichenberger|first=Roland|title=Pilatus Flugzeuge: 1939–1989|year=1989|publisher=Pilatus Flugzeugwerk|location=Stans|language=German}}
*Gunston, Bill. ''World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines''. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9
*Gunston, Bill. ''World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines''. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. {{ISBN|1-85260-163-9}}
*''Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II''. London. Studio Editions Ltd, 1989. ISBN 0-517-67964-7
*''Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II''. London. Studio Editions Ltd, 1989. {{ISBN|0-517-67964-7}}
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Latest revision as of 14:38, 7 August 2024

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 Storch
Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun
Number built 28,700

The Argus As 10 was a German-designed and built, air-cooled 90° cylinder bank-angle inverted V8 "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 World War II. It was first built in 1928.[1]

Variants

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As 10C
As 10C-1
As 10E
Optional-output version of the As 10C, delivered with either a 240 PS (177 kW) or 270 PS (199 kW) rating (achieved by increasing maximum rpm).
As 10E-2
The proposed powerplant of the Pilatus P-1 trainer project.[2]
As 401
Supercharged As 10 with rated output at 3,000 m (9,843 ft), also fitted with hydraulically actuated variable pitch propeller.
Salmson 8As-00
Postwar production of the Argus As 10 in France
Salmson 8As-04
Postwar production of the Argus As 10 in France

Applications

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Argus As 10c engine in a Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun

Specifications (Argus As 10 C)

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

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938,[4] Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944[5]

General characteristics

  • Type: inverted V-8 air-cooled inverted 90° piston engine
  • Bore: 120 mm (4.724 in)
  • Stroke: 140 mm (5.512 in)
  • Displacement: 12.667 L (772.99 cu in)
  • Length: 1,105 mm (43.50 in)
  • Width: 880 mm (34.65 in)
  • Height: 718 mm (28.27 in)
  • Dry weight: 213 kg (470 lb) dry
232 kg (511 lb) wet, equipped

Components

  • Valvetrain: Two under-head valves per cylinder, operated by pushrods and rockers.
  • Fuel system: Two Sun carburetors adapted for aerobatics
  • Fuel type: 80 octane
  • Oil system: Dry sump, one pressure pump at 1.25–6 atm (1.27–6.08 bar; 18.4–88.2 psi) and two scavenge pumps
  • Cooling system: Air

Performance

  • Power output:  
  • 240 PS (237 hp; 177 kW) at 2,000 rpm (5 minutes) at sea level
  • 220 PS (217 hp; 162 kW) at 1,940 rpm (30 minutes) at sea level
  • 200 PS (197 hp; 147 kW) at 1,890 rpm (max continuous) at sea level

B.M.E.P.: 7.5 atm (760 kPa; 110 psi)

See also

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Related lists

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Argus As 10.

Notes

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  1. ^ Gunston 1989, p.16.
  2. ^ Eichenberger, Roland (1989). Pilatus Flugzeuge: 1939–1989 (in German). Stans: Pilatus Flugzeugwerk.
  3. ^ Bruno Parmentier (1999-07-09). "Farman F-510 'Monitor' II - Farman Monitor - Entrainement - Un siècle d'aviation française". Aviafrance.com. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  4. ^ Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938. London: Sampson, Low & Martin company Limited. 1938.
  5. ^ Schneider, Helmut (Dipl.Ing.) (1944). Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944 (in German) (Facsimile reprint 1986 ed.). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. pp. 358–359, 361. ISBN 381120484X.

Bibliography

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  • Eichenberger, Roland (1989). Pilatus Flugzeuge: 1939–1989 (in German). Stans: Pilatus Flugzeugwerk.
  • Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9
  • Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London. Studio Editions Ltd, 1989. ISBN 0-517-67964-7
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