ADC Airdisco

The ADC Airdisco is a British V8 aero engine that first ran in 1925.

Design and development The 'Airdisco' was developed from the Renault 80 hp aero engine by Frank Halford of the Aircraft Disposal Company, the main difference being the use of aluminium cylinder heads. Halford later used one bank of cylinders to create the Cirrus engine.Lumsden 2003, p. 55.

Applications Avro 548A Cierva Parnall Gyroplane de Havilland DH.51 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A

Survivors A de Havilland DH.51 owned and operated by the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden, Bedfordshire remains airworthy and is powered by an original ADC Airdisco engine.Shuttleworth Collection - DH.51 Retrieved: 1 September 2009

Specifications (Airdisco)

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Bibliography

Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .

External links

Airdisco Avro, Kings Cup entrant, Flight, July 1925