Argus As 10

As 10
Argus As 10 installed in a Fieseler Storch at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
Type	Piston aircraft engine
Manufacturer	Argus Motoren
First run	1928
Major applications	Fieseler Fi 156 Focke-Wulf Fw 56
Number built	28,700

The Argus As 10 is a German-designed and built "low power" aircraft engine, used mainly in training aircraft such as the Arado Ar 66 and Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser and other small short range reconnaissance and communications aircraft like the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch during and shortly after WWII. It was first built in 1928.

Applications

• 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
• Henschel Hs 121
• Klemm Kl 151
• Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun
• Kayaba Ka-1 Imperial Japanese Army Observation autogiro
• Rogozarski SIM-XIV-H

Specifications (Argus As 10 C)

Argus As 10 C, partially sectioned, showing some inner parts

General characteristics

• Type: 8-cylinder, air-cooled, 90° 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)
• Height: 936 mm (36.85 in)
• Dry weight: 213 kg (470 lb)

Components

• Valvetrain: Two valves per cylinder.
• Fuel system: Two Sun carburetors adapted for aerobatics
• Fuel type: 80 octane
• Cooling system: Air

Performance

• Power output:
  
  • 179 kW (240 hp) at 2,000 rpm
• Specific power: 14.8 kW/L (0.31 hp/in³)
• Compression ratio: 5.9:1
• Specific fuel consumption: 235 gr/(hp*h); 0.518 lb/(hp*h)
• Power-to-weight ratio: 0.835 kW/kg (0.51 hp/lb)

See also

Related lists

• List of aircraft engines
  

References

Bibliography

• Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9
• Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London. Studio Editions Ltd, 1989. ISBN 0-517-67964-7