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ABC Motors Limited ("All British (Engine) Company") of Hersham, Surrey, England was a manufacturer of cars, aircraft, motor scooters, and engines for road and air. Established by Ronald Charteris in Hersham, Surrey in 1912, its chief designer was the young and talented Granville Bradshaw.[1] It was absorbed into Vickers in 1951 and the factory finally closed in the 1970s. Some of the premises survive today as part of the Riverdean Estate, Hersham and are occupied by a Lidl supermarket (opened February 2019)
| Industry | Engineering |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1912 |
| Defunct | 1951 |
| Fate | Absorbed into Vickers |
| Headquarters | Hersham, Surrey, England |
Key people | Ronald Charteris (Founder) Granville Bradshaw (Designer) |
| Products | Cars, motorcycles and aero engines |
Products
The ABC radial aero engines of the World War I period were extremely advanced for their time, and were initially thought to be very promising indeed. Unfortunately they were all more or less plagued by problems – and although a number of types for the Royal Air Force were designed around ABC engines (especially the ill-fated Dragonfly) none saw squadron service with the RAF.
ABC also made a large number of engines for electrical generators and other purposes – mostly with a flat twin cylinder layout and unusual exhaust-over-inlet valve configuration. These smaller ABC engine have the distinction of being possibly the first airborne APUs- the Coastal class blimp (first flown in 1916) had a 1.5-horsepower unit installed to provide electricity for the onboard wireless set, whilst a similar engine was used to power the searchlight of the Supermarine Nighthawk 'Zeppelin killer' of 1917.
Aero engines
- ABC 6 hp Midge (1951) National Archives Kew (AIR 10/7172)
- ABC 8 hp (1923)
- ABC 30 hp (1912)
- ABC 60 hp (1912)
- ABC 100 hp (1912)
- ABC Dragonfly (1918)
- ABC Gadfly (1920)
- ABC Gnat (1916)
- ABC Mosquito (1916)
- ABC Hornet (1929)
- ABC Scorpion (1923)
- ABC Wasp (1918)
Aircraft
Automotive
- ABC (1920 automobile)
- ABC Supersports
- ABC Skootamota
- ABC motorcycles
See also
Related lists
References
Notes
- Lumsden 2003, p. 51.
Bibliography
- Lumsden, Alec (1994) 'British Piston Aero Engines and Their Aircraft' (Airlife, Shrewsbury)
На других языках
[de] A.B.C. Motors
All British Engine Company, Ltd. war ein britischer Hersteller von Flugzeugen, Motorrädern und Luftfahrtzubehör.- [en] ABC Motors
[fr] ABC Motors
All British (Engine) Company fut fondée en 1912 à Hersham (en), Surrey, par Ronald Charteris. Devenue ABC Motors Ltd en 1914, avec pour ingénieur en chef Granville Bradshaw, elle s’installa à Walton-on-Thames et produira durant la guerre des moteurs d’avion et de motocyclettes pour l’armée britannique. En 1919 la firme Sopwith Aviation Company, qui cherchait à diversifier ses activités, acheta ABC Motors. C’est donc au sein de Sopwith Aviation & Engineering Company Ltd, à Kingston-upon-Thames, que fut développé la fameuse motocyclette Sopwith-ABC, qui fut produite sous licence en France entre 1920 et 1924 par Gnome et Rhône.[it] ABC Motors
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