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.
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. .