Beardmore 120 hp

120 hp
Preserved Beardmore 120 hp.
Type Piston aero engine
Manufacturer William Beardmore and Company
First run c.1914
Major applications Airco DH.1
Number built 400
Developed from Austro-Daimler 6
Developed into Beardmore 160 hp

The Beardmore 120 hp was a British six-cylinder, water-cooled aero engine that first ran in 1914, it was built by William Beardmore and Company as a licensed-built version of the Austro-Daimler 6. The engine featured cast iron cylinders and mild steel concave pistons. Produced between August 1914 and December 1918, the design powered many World War I aircraft types.[1]

Applications

Specifications (120 hp)

Data from Lumsden[2]

General characteristics

  • Type: 6-cylinder, inline, upright piston engine
  • Bore: 5.12 in (130 mm)
  • Stroke: 6.89 in (175 mm)
  • Displacement: 851 cu in (13.145 L)
  • Length: 57 in (1,148 mm)
  • Width: 19.9 in (505 mm)
  • Height: 31.9 in (810 mm)
  • Dry weight: 545 lb (247 kg)

Components

Performance

See also

Related development

Comparable engines

Related lists

References

Notes

  1. ^ Gunston 1989, p. 21.
  2. ^ Lumsden 2003, p. 83.

Bibliography

  • Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9
  • Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-85310-294-6.
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