Green C.4 Explained

The Green C.4 was a British four-cylinder, water-cooled aero engine that first ran in 1908, it was designed by Gustavus Green and licensed by his Green Engine Co for manufacture by Aster Engineering. The engine was one of two Green designs to win a government prize.^[1]

Applications

• British Army airship Beta
• ASL Valkyrie Type A
• Roe II Triplane
• Roe III Triplane
• Roe IV Triplane
• Avro Type D
• Avro Baby
• Blackburn First Monoplane
• Handley Page Type B
• Handley Page Type D
• Hornstein biplane
• Macfie Empress
• Martin-Handasyde No.3
• Neale VII biplane
• Short S.27 (Manufacturer No.s S.26 and S.28)
• Sopwith Burgess-Wright
• Wells Reo

Engines on display

A preserved Green C.4 engine is on public display at the Royal Air Force Museum London. Another engine is on display at the National Museum of Flight in Scotland..

References

Bibliography

• Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989.
• Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .

External links

• Flight, March 12, 1910 - "British Flight Engines: The Green". Covers both the C.4 and D.4 engine types.

Notes and References

1. Gunston 1989, p. 74.