Sunbeam Dyak

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Dyak
Sunbeam Dyak - Avro 504 Flight 010120 p25.jpg
Sunbeam Dyak in an Avro 504K
Type Piston inline aero-engine
Manufacturer Sunbeam
First runMay 1918
Major applications Avro 504
Variants Sunbeam Pathan

The Sunbeam Dyak was a British inline six-cylinder, water-cooled, twin updraft carburettor engine.

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It had an aluminium sump, block and cylinder head, and is an overhead camshaft design with two valves per cylinder. The output was approximately 106 horsepower (79 kW). The engine was started by turning a geared crank handle in the cockpit. The diesel-powered Sunbeam Pathan was developed from this engine.

The first Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services (QANTAS) aircraft in Australia (an Avro 504K) was fitted with a Sunbeam Dyak engine by the Australian Aircraft & Engineering Co. Ltd. in Mascot, New South Wales. [1]

Avro Dyak used by QANTAS (c. 1921) Avro Dyack used by QANTAS ca. 1921.jpg
Avro Dyak used by QANTAS (c. 1921)

Specifications (Dyak)

Data fromLumsden [2]

General characteristics

Components

Performance

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References

Notes

  1. Swopes, Bryan. "Sunbeam Dyak Archives". This Day in Aviation. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  2. Lumsden 2003, p. 228.

Bibliography

  • Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. ISBN   1-85310-294-6.