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    The ADC Cirrus is a series of British aero engines manufactured using surplus Renault parts by the Aircraft Disposal Company (ADC) in the 1920s. The engines...
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  • late 1950s. Cirrus I (1925) Cirrus II (1926) Cirrus III (1929) Introduced by ADC, also manufactured by Cirrus Aero Engines. American Cirrus III (1929)...
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    1:1 Power-to-weight ratio: 0.43 hp/lb (0.71 kW/kg) ADC Cirrus Related development Blackburn Cirrus Minor Comparable engines Alfa Romeo 110 de Havilland...
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    in-line aircraft engine designed by Frank Halford in 1927 to replace the ADC Cirrus in the de Havilland DH.60 Moth light biplane. Initially developed as an...
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  • Halford, the 'Cirrus' line continued to be manufactured by Cirrus Aero Engines Ltd and their successors. ADC Airdisco ADC Cirrus ADC Nimbus ADC Airsix Related...
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    hp/lb (0.73 kW/kg) Related development Blackburn Cirrus Major Comparable engines Argus As 8 ADC Cirrus Alfa Romeo 110 Hirth HM 504 Menasco C4 Related lists...
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    800 rpm (takeoff power) Compression ratio: 4.6:1 Related development ADC Cirrus Related lists List of aircraft engines Lumsden 2003, p. 55. Shuttleworth...
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    was developed from the larger DH.51 biplane. The first flight of the ADC Cirrus-powered prototype DH.60 Moth (registration G-EBKT) was carried out by...
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    the aircraft was a two-seat light biplane powered by a 60 hp (45 kW) ADC Cirrus piston engine. Although the directors of the academy were opposed to the...
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    Stag Lane Aerodrome on 24 June 1927 and was fitted with an 85 hp (63 kW) ADC Cirrus II engine to check its handling characteristics. This was then replaced...
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    engine failure. In early 1927 it was re-engined with an 85 hp (63 kW) ADC Cirrus engine as the Type 581A and sold to Bert Hinkler. Production aircraft...
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    accepted several versions of the ADC Cirrus engine, the 85 hp (63 kW) Cirrus II, 90 hp (67 kW) Cirrus III or 110 hp (82 kW) Cirrus Hermes. Instructor and pupil...
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  • or "Gipsy Moth", respectively. The original ADC Cirrus-powered DH.60 retroactively became the "Cirrus Moth". As the DH.60 became more and more popular...
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    arranged at any angle but typically upright or inverted, (e.g. upright ADC Cirrus, inverted de Havilland Gipsy Major). V Engines with two banks of cylinders...
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    Airdisco ADC Cirrus ADC Nimbus, development of Siddeley Puma ADC Airsix, air-cooled version of Nimbus. Not put into use ADC BR2 ADC Viper ADC Airdisco-Renault...
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  • landing gear. It had two open cockpits and was powered by a 90 hp (67 kW) ADC Cirrus III piston engine. The D.W.2 was designed to be offer exceptional handling...
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    Aerodrome for Miles to construct such an aircraft. Coincidentally, a batch of ADC Cirrus IIIA were also available at a discounted price, substantially reducing...
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    twist of irony, the Blackburn itself was based on Frank Halford’s old ADC Cirrus engine; Blackburn had bought the licence in 1934). In its final supercharged...
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    working on jets, turboprop and rocket engines. Beardmore Halford Pullinger ADC Cirrus de Havilland Gipsy de Havilland Gipsy Major Napier Rapier Napier Dagger...
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    Limited of Peterborough, though some variants used either a 60 hp (45 kW) ADC Cirrus 1 or an 80 hp (60 kW) Le Rhône. These new-build Greens were about 6 lb...
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    engines fitted to Libelle II aircraft include the Bristol Lucifer and the ADC Cirrus. Three built. A Dornier Libelle crashed into the sea off Milford beach...
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    with various engines as standard, such as the de Havilland Gipsy, ADC Cirrus, and Cirrus Hermes. The first prototype performed its maiden flight on 23 February...
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  • developed from the ADC Cirrus aero engine by using two banks of four cylinders. This appeared at first to be a retrograde step as the Cirrus was itself developed...
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    business collapsed during the Depression. All but three were built with ADC Cirrus Hermes upright engines, the seventh example was fitted with the locally...
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  • namely digital-to-analog (DAC) and analog-to-digital (ADC) converters. After being acquired by Cirrus Logic of San Jose, California, in 1991 for about $59 million...
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    engines fitted, including 70 kW (94 hp) inline upright ADC Cirrus III 85 kW (114 hp) inline ADC Cirrus Hermes 64 kW (86 hp) five-cylinder radial Armstrong...
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    Original Dutch version, six built, powered variously by 90 hp (67 kW) ADC Cirrus, 100 hp (75 kW) Siemens-Halske Sh 11, or any suitable engine in the 60–100 hp...
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  • The Blackburn Cirrus Midget was a British four-cylinder, inverted, inline air-cooled aero engine designed and built in 1937 by the Cirrus Engine Section...
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    fuel injection. Cirrus Bombardier 203 Military version, 203 hp (151 kW). Cirrus Bombardier 702 Civil version, 180 hp (134 kW). Cirrus Bombardier 704 Helicopter...
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    floats mounted beneath its fuselage. Its 60-kilowatt (80-horsepower) ADC Cirrus II engine drove a two-bladed propeller and gave it a top speed of 144...
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