Aerospace Engines A to Z
Aerospace Engines A to Z

Updated: 26-Oct-2023

The Scott Motor Cycle Company belonged to the Scott Motors (Saltaire) Ltd. group of Yorkshire.

-This brand of motorcycles was also well known for its machines and small engines.

-In 1934, it began to design an aerial engine and it was ready by August 1935.

-It was an inverted two-stroke inline twin-cylinder engine that was installed on the Mignet “Pou-du-Ciel”.

Mignet and motorcycle, with Scott engine
“Mignet and motorcycle, with a Scott engine”

-It had a displacement of 652 cc with two pistons of 73 mm bore by 78 mm stroke.

Motor Scott Flying Squirrel
“Scott Flying Squirrel”

-The obtained power depended on the needed rotation speed, thus at a normal speed of 2,800 rpm, it gave only 16 HP.

-At maximum speed of 5,200 rpm, the power rose to 34 HP.

Flying Squirrel
“Flying Squirrel”

The following engine does not seem to be from a motorcycle engine manufacturer because it was a rare rotary engine with only two opposed cylinders that produced 12 HP. In 1910 it was installed on the Boultbee aircraft.

The uncovered Boultbee monoplane
“The uncovered Boultbee monoplane” (PiP-fmr)

The two-cylinder rotary engine
“The two-cylinder rotary engine”

Engines of SCOTT

Model: 2 cyl. rotary 12 hp

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Model: 40HP, 2-stroke

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Model: A2S Flying Squirrel

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Model: V-4, 2-stroke

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