For the aircraft of the same name, see Fiat AS.2 (aircraft)
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Type | Piston V-12 aero engine |
Manufacturer | Fiat Aviazione |
First run | c.1925 |
Major applications | Macchi M.39 |
Developed from | Fiat A.22 |
Developed into | Fiat AS.3 |
The Fiat AS.2 was an Italian 12-cylinder, liquid-cooled V engine designed and built in the mid-1920s by Fiat Aviazione especially for the 1926 Schneider Trophy air race. [1]
Designed for the 1926 Schneider Trophy contest held at Hampton Roads, Virginia, the AS.2 was inspired by the American Curtiss D-12 engine. Unlike the D-12 the engine featured separate steel cylinders and cast aluminium alloy cylinder heads. [2] The starting point for the Italian engine was the earlier Fiat A.22. [3] The 'S' in AS stood for 'Spinto' (thrust). A weakness of the engine was its magnesium alloy pistons, a new engineering material at the time. Many pistons were holed. Despite the engine's technical problems it was successful at the Schneider Trophy event, winning on 13 November 1926, with a second AS.2 powered aircraft placing third. [4]
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