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Armstrong Siddeley Lynx

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The Armstrong Siddeley Lynx is a seven cylinder aero-engine developed by Armstrong Siddeley. Testing began in 1920 and 6,000 had been produced by 1939. In Italy Alfa Romeo built a Template:Convert licensed version of this engine named the Alfa Romeo Lynx.[1]

Variants

Lynx I
1920, 150 hp.
Lynx II
1920, 184 hp.
Lynx III
1924, 200 hp.
Lynx IV
1929, 180 hp.
Lynx IVA
1930, 188 hp.
Lynx IVC
1929, 208/225 hp.
Lynx IV(G)
1929, Geared propellor drive.
Lynx IV(MOD)
1929, 188 hp, reconditioned and modified Lynx IV.
Lynx IV(S)
1928, 200 hp, Fully supercharged.


Lynx V (Lynx Major)
1930, increased bore and stroke, name changed from Lynx V to Lynx Major then Cheetah. Half a Panther[2]

Applications

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Alfa Romeo Lynx

Survivors

  • Avro Tutor, K3215, powered by a Lynx IV flies regularly at the Shuttleworth Collection and can be viewed in the museum at other times.[3]

Specifications (Lynx IV)

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Armstrong Siddeley Lynx 7-cylinder radial from the Avro 618 Ten aircraft, Southern Cloud

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See also

Related development

Related lists

References

Notes

  1. Alfa Aero Engines. aroca-qld.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
  2. Lumsden 2003, p.74.
  3. The Shuttleworth Collection - Avro Tutor Retrieved: 11 February 2009

Bibliography

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

External links

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