The ABC Scorpion is a 30 hp (22 kW) two-cylinder aero engine designed by British engineer Granville Bradshaw for use in light aircraft. The engine was built by ABC Motors Limited and first ran in 1921.Gunston 1989, p.9.
Variants Scorpion I 1923, 30 hp (22 kW) Scorpion II 1924, 34 hp (25 kW), increased bore and stroke.
Applications
ABC Robin Boulton Paul Phoenix BFW M.19 BFW M.23 Comper Swift de Havilland Humming Bird Farman Moustique Hawker Cygnet Heath Parasol Hendy Hobo Henderson-Glenny Gadfly Kay Gyroplane Luton Minor Mignet HM.14 Pou-du-Ciel Parmentier Wee Mite Peyret-Mauboussin PM X RWD 1 SAI KZ I Saynor & Bell Canadian Cub Short Satellite Snyder Buzzard Udet U 7 Kolibri Wheeler Slymph Westland Woodpigeon
Survivors The only ANEC II (G-EBJO) flies regularly at the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden and is powered by a Scorpion II.
Specifications (Scorpion I)
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. Guttery, T.E. The Shuttleworth Collection. London: Wm. Carling, 1969. Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .