Argus As 10

The Argus As 10 was a German-designed and built "low power" aircraft engine, used mainly in training aircraft like Arado Ar 66 and Focke-Wulf Fw 56 "Stösser" and small low range reconnaissance & communications aircraft like Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch" during and shortly after WWII.

It was first built in 1928.

It was later re-developed and renamed as Argus As 401.

pecifications (Argus As 10 C)

pistonspecs

type=8-cylinder, air-cooled, 90º 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)
diameter=

width=
height=936 mm (36.85 in)
weight=213 kg (470 lb)
valvetrain=Two valves per cylinder.
supercharger=
turbocharger=
fuelsystem=Two "Sun" carburetors adapted for aerobatics
fueltype=80 octane
oilsystem=
coolingsystem=Air
power=
*179 kW (240 hp) at 2,000 rpm
*
specpower=14.8 kW/L (0.31 hp/in³)
compression=5.9:1
fuelcon=
specfuelcon=235 gr/(hp*h); 0.518 lb/(hp*h)
oilcon=
power/weight=0.835 kW/kg (0.51 hp/lb)

Applications

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*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
*Klemm Kl 151
*Messerschmitt Bf 108 "Taifun"

"Thanks to"

"Original pictures and data of this article were taken from "Museo del Aire", Cuatro Vientos, Madrid, Spain"