Argus 70 hp

Argus 70 hp
Argus (Aviatic-Rossel) 70 hp four-cylinder aircraft engine, intake side, 1911
Type Piston inline aero engine
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Argus Motoren
First run c.1911
Developed from Argus 50 hp
Developed into Argus As I

The Argus 70 hp aircraft engine, aka Argus Type I (in common with the Argus 50 hp and not As I) from 1911 was a four-cylinder, water cooled inline engine built by the German Argus Motoren company. The engine also was license produced in France by Automobiles Rossel and sold in France under the brand names 'Aviatik' and 'Aviatic-Rossel' by Louis Clément, the local sales representative of the Automobil und Aviatik AG.[1]

  1. ^ Flugsport 1/1912, pp. 14–15