ABC Scorpion

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. .