The Armstrong Siddeley Genet is a five-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine for aircraft use built in the UK, first run in 1926. It developed 80 hp at 2,200 rpm in its final form and was a popular light aircraft powerplant. Following the company tradition with a slight deviation the engine was named after the Genet, a catlike animal of the same order but different family.Sanderson, Living Mammals of The World, NY, c.1967
Variants and applications
Genet I Genet I producing 65 hp. Avro 618 Ten Avro Avian prototype Blackburn Bluebird I BFW M.23 Cierva autogyros. C.9 and C.10 Drzewiecki JD-2 Fleet Fawn Junkers A50 Junior Medwecki and Nowakowski M.N.5 Saro Cutty Sark Southern Martlet Westland-Hill Pterodactyl
Genet II
The Genet II produced 80 hp due to an increased compression ratio of 5.25:1.Lumsden 2003, p.69. ANEC IV Avro Avian Blackburn Bluebird II Cierva C.19 autogyro Darmstadt D-18 de Havilland DH.60 Moth Fairchild 21 Klemm Kl 25 Nicholas-Beazley NB-8G Parnall Imp Robinson Redwing II Southern Martlet Westland Widgeon
Genet IIA Also 80 hp and with minor differences to the Mark I. Robinson Redwing II
Engines on display Two preserved Armstrong Siddeley Genets are on static display at the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
A preserved Genet is on display at the Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia
There is a restored Genet at the New England Air Museum, Bradley Int'l Airport, Windsor Locks, CT.
A Genet is on display at the Aviation Heritage Museum (Western Australia).
Specifications (Genet I)
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .
External links
Armstrong Siddeley Genet at the Australian National Aviation Museum