Argus As 8

The Argus As 8 was a four-cylinder, air-cooled, inverted inline aircraft engine produced in Germany by Argus Motoren in the 1930s.

Variants As 8AInitial production version maximum for 5 minutes, continuous. As 8BA more powerful variant developing maximum for 5 minutes, continuous. As 8RA variant produced for sport aircraft, particularly for competition use, developing for take-off. Featuring: Increased compression ratio, from 5.36 to 5.8 Improved cooling by increasing the numbers of cooling fins at the cylinder head and the cylinder body Increasing the heat dispersing area of the pistons Improved crankcase and oil cooling Improved cylinder charging Modified valve timing

Applications Albatros L 100 Albatros Al 101 Arado L II (As 8A) Arado L IIa (As 8R) Baumgärtl Heliofly III BFW M.23 BFW M.27 BFW M.29 BFW M.35 Blohm & Voss Ha 136 Comte AC-12 Moskito Darmstadt D-22 DFS 40 Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Heinkel He 64 Heinkel He 72 Klemm L 25E Klemm Kl 32 Raab-Katzenstein RK.25/32 Ruhrtaler Ru.3

Specifications (As 8B)

Argus As 8

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