Aircraft engine: Argus As-10c
Germany
inline engine
1932
Configuration | 8-cylinder inverted V 90° |
Cooling | air-cooled |
Displacement | 12.7 l (732 cu in) |
Compression ratio | 5.9 |
Weight | 193 kg (425 lb) |
Maximum power | 240 hp at 2,000 RPM |
Climb power | 220 hp at 1,940 RPM |
An engine designed at the Argus Motoren Gesellschaft company in 1932. It was a very successful design. Series production began in 1934, ca 10,000 engines were built by 1939.
The As-10 was used in the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, Arado Ar 66, Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe and Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun aircraft.
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