Blackburne Thrush

Blackburne Thrush

The Blackburne Thrush was a 1500cc three-cylinder radial aero-engine for light aircraft produced by Burney and Blackburne Limited. Burney and Blackburne were based at Bookham, Surrey, England and was a former motorcycle manufacturer.

First produced in 1926 the engine was based on an earlier 1924 design with improvements to allow use on light aircraft.

Applications

* ANEC IV
* Blackburn Bluebird
* Supermarine Sparrow
* Westland Widgeon

pecifications (Thrush)

pistonspecs

ref= [Lumsden 2003, p.91.]
type=3 cylinder air cooled radial
bore=3.16 in (91.5 mm)
stroke=3.78 in (97 mm)
displacement=88.97 cu in (1.46 L)
length=
diameter=
width=
height=
weight=132 lb (60 kg)
valvetrain=Overhead poppet valve
supercharger=
turbocharger=
fuelsystem=
fueltype=
oilsystem=
coolingsystem=Air cooled
power=35 hp (26 kW)
specpower=
compression=
fuelcon=
specfuelcon=
oilcon=
power/weight=3.77 lb/hp

ee also

Aeroenginecontent

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similar aircraft=

lists=
* List of aircraft engines

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1926/1926%20-%200003.html Flight Global 7 January 1926 "The Blackburne "Thrush" Light 'plane engine"]

* Lumsden, Alec. "British Piston Engines and their Aircraft". Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-85310-294-6.


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