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kmccutcheon
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 09:02 Post subject: Argus AS-5 |
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Anyone have any information on the Argus AS-5 engines? Someone has tentatively identified one of the images in the AEHS gallery as an Argus AS-5, but I can find no information about it in any of the references I have available. It appears to be a double-“W”. Image at:
http://www.enginehistory.org/19.jpg
Thanks in advance, _________________ Kimble D. McCutcheon |
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wallan
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wallan
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 10:15 Post subject: |
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Should have said that the museum ID's it as an Argus AS-5. If anybody has a copy of 'Kolben-Flugmotoren', handy, they can check number of cylinders and configuration, and confirm. |
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kmccutcheon
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 09:27 Post subject: |
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wallan wrote: | Should have said that the museum ID's it as an Argus AS-5. If anybody has a copy of 'Kolben-Flugmotoren', handy, they can check number of cylinders and configuration, and confirm. |
Thanks for the help. I hope someone can supply some details. _________________ Kimble D. McCutcheon |
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gbrossett
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 05:55 Post subject: |
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Would it be described as an X-24 arrangement. The Jumo 222 and Daimler-Benz 604 had this arrangement. Perhaps Argus built a prototype as well |
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kmccutcheon
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 07:28 Post subject: |
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gbrossett wrote: | Would it be described as an X-24 arrangement. The Jumo 222 and Daimler-Benz 604 had this arrangement. Perhaps Argus built a prototype as well |
More accurately, a double-W. From what I can see in the pictures, it appears to be a 24-cylinder engine (six banks of four rows), with all the cylinders in each "row" in the same plane, indicating a master/articulated rod arrangement. _________________ Kimble D. McCutcheon |
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kmccutcheon
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 08:55 Post subject: |
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Piotr Lopalewski, Chief Registry & Research Dept. at the Polish Aviation Museum,Krakow has provided the following information:
Argus As-5
24-cylinder, water cooled "W"configuration
Maximum output: 1,119 kw (1,500 hp) at 1,800 RPM
Compression ratio: 5.6:1
Capacity: 94.1 liters (5,742 cu in)
Weight: 1,100 kg (2,425 lbs)
The engine was probably envisaged for a big, single engine passenger plane. The designer was engineer Riedel–the same who designed the two-stroke starter engine for the Jumo 004 turbojet engine. Three prototype As-5s were built between 1924 and 1927. None were ever flown.
I just love the Internet!! _________________ Kimble D. McCutcheon |
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gbrossett
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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 05:37 Post subject: |
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Yes, the internet sure makes the world smaller.
Guess the pre RLM numbering system at Argus Motoren Geselschaft was confusing
AS-5 (W24)
AS-8 (inline 4)
AS-10 (V-10)
AS-410 (V-12) post RLM |
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gbrossett
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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 19:25 Post subject: |
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090-099 - various minor manufacturers
100-199 - Bayerische Motorenwerke GmbH (BMW); later changed to 800 block
200-299 - Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke A.G.
300-399 - BMW-Flugmotorenwerke Brandenburg GmbH (BMW-Bramo)
400-499 - Argus-Motoren GmbH
500-599 - Heinkel Hirth Motoren GmbH
600-699 - Daimler-Benz A.G.
700-799 - Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz A.G.
800-899 - Bayerische Motorenwerke GmbH (BMW)
FROM:
http://www.designation-systems.net/non-us/germany.html#_Engines_Piston |
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rlawrence
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 06:39 Post subject: polish Museum Me 209 V1 |
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How can I contact the Museum for more info on this bird?? |
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wallan
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