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The Argus As 10 was a German-designed and built, air-cooled 90° cylinder bank-angle inverted V8 "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 World War II. It was first built in 1928.[1]

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 Storch Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun
Number built	28,700

Variants

As 10C

As 10C-1

As 10E

Optional-output version of the As 10C, delivered with either a 240 PS (177 kW) or 270 PS (199 kW) rating (achieved by increasing maximum rpm).

As 10E-2

The proposed powerplant of the Pilatus P-1 trainer project.[2]

As 401

Supercharged As 10 with rated output at 3,000 m (9,843 ft), also fitted with hydraulically actuated variable pitch propeller.

Salmson 8As-00

Postwar production of the Argus As 10 in France

Salmson 8As-04

Postwar production of the Argus As 10 in France

Applications

• AGO Ao 192
• Arado Ar 66
• Arado Ar 76
• Dornier Do 12
• Farman F.510 Monitor II[3]
• Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
• Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser
• Focke-Wulf Fw 58
• Gotha Go 145
• Henschel Hs 121
• Kayaba Ka-1 Imperial Japanese Army Observation autogiro
• Klemm Kl 151
• Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun
• Rogozarski SIM-XIV-H
• Siebel Si 201

Specifications (Argus As 10 C)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938,[4] Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944[5]

General characteristics

• Type: inverted V-8 air-cooled inverted 90° piston engine
• Bore: 120 mm (4.724 in)
• Stroke: 140 mm (5.512 in)
• Displacement: 12.667 L (772.99 cu in)
• Length: 1,105 mm (43.50 in)
• Width: 880 mm (34.65 in)
• Height: 718 mm (28.27 in)
• Dry weight: 213 kg (470 lb) dry

232 kg (511 lb) wet, equipped

Components

• Valvetrain: Two under-head valves per cylinder, operated by pushrods and rockers.
• Fuel system: Two Sun carburetors adapted for aerobatics
• Fuel type: 80 octane
• Oil system: Dry sump, one pressure pump at 1.25–6 atm (1.27–6.08 bar; 18.4–88.2 psi) and two scavenge pumps
• Cooling system: Air

Performance

• Power output:  

• 240 PS (237 hp; 177 kW) at 2,000 rpm (5 minutes) at sea level
• 220 PS (217 hp; 162 kW) at 1,940 rpm (30 minutes) at sea level
• 200 PS (197 hp; 147 kW) at 1,890 rpm (max continuous) at sea level

• Specific power: 18.95 PS/L (0.3063 hp/cu in; 13.94 kW/L)
• Compression ratio: 5.9:1
• Specific fuel consumption: 0.23 kg/PSh (0.51 lb/(hp⋅h); 0.31 kg/kWh) at max continuous
• Oil consumption: 0.008 kg/PSh (0.018 lb/(hp⋅h); 0.011 kg/kWh) at max continuous
• Power-to-weight ratio: 1.124 PS/kg (0.503 hp/lb; 0.827 kW/kg)0.835 kW/kg (0.51 hp/lb)

B.M.E.P.: 7.5 atm (7.6 bar; 110 psi)

See also

Related lists

• List of aircraft engines

References

Notes

Bibliography

На других языках

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[de] Argus As 10

Der Argus As 10 ist ein historischer Flugmotor der Argus Motoren Gesellschaft aus den 1930er-Jahren.

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- [en] Argus As 10

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[es] Argus As 10

El Argus As 10 fue un motor de aviación de baja potencia alemán, diseñado y construido para utilizarse principalmente en aviones de entrenamiento como el Arado Ar 66 y el Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser, además de otros aviones de observación y de comunicaciones de corto alcance, como el Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y hasta poco tiempo después de finalizada esta. Fue construido por primera vez en 1928.[1] También fue usado en el Siebel Si 201. Posteriormente, se desarrollaría en el motor Argus As 401 V-12.

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[fr] Argus As 10

Le Argus As 10 était un moteur d’avion à 8 cylindres en V, construit en Allemagne par Argus Motoren. Sa fabrication débuta en 1928, et se poursuivit sous le Troisième Reich et durant toute la Seconde Guerre mondiale, et même après le conflit. En raison de sa puissance réduite, il fut monté principalement sur des avions légers d'entraînement, de liaisons ou de reconnaissance.

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[it] Argus As 10

L'Argus As 10 era un motore aeronautico otto cilindri a V di 90° invertita raffreddato ad aria, realizzato nel 1928 dall'azienda tedesca Argus Motoren GmbH ed introdotto nel 1931.

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[ru] Argus As 10

Argus As 10 — немецкий поршневой авиационный двигатель воздушного охлаждения, разработанный и производившийся с 1928 года компанией Argus Motoren. Устанавливался преимущественно на учебных, связных и разведывательных самолётах; в частности, им был оснащён известный Fieseler Fi 156 Storch. После Второй мировой войны выпускался также во Франции и Чехословакии. Всего было произведено примерно 28 700 экземпляров двигателя.[1]

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