The ABC Scorpion is a 30hp (22kW) 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

1. Scorpion I

2. 1923, 30 hp (22 kW)

3. Scorpion II

4. 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. .