Armstrong Siddeley Lynx

The Armstrong Siddeley Lynx is a British seven-cylinder aero engine developed by Armstrong Siddeley. It was developed as a single row version of the two-row Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar. Testing began in 1920 and 6,000 had been produced by 1939. In Italy Alfa Romeo built a 200 hp licensed version of this engine named the Alfa Romeo Lynx.

Variants

 * Lynx I
 * 1920, 150 hp.


 * Lynx II
 * 1920, 184 hp.


 * Lynx III
 * 1924, 200 hp.


 * Lynx IV
 * 1929, 180 hp.


 * Lynx IVA
 * 1930, 188 hp.


 * Lynx IVC
 * 1929, 208 /.


 * Lynx IV(G)
 * 1929, Geared propeller drive.


 * Lynx IV(MOD)
 * 1929, 188 hp, reconditioned and modified Lynx IV.


 * Lynx IV(S)
 * 1928, 200 hp, fully supercharged.


 * Lynx V (Lynx Major)


 * 1930, increased bore and stroke, name changed from Lynx V to Lynx Major then Cheetah. Effectively half a Panther


 * Piaggio P.II: Licence production in Italy by Piaggio.

Applications

 * Airspeed Courier
 * Airspeed Envoy
 * Albatros L 68
 * Avro 504
 * Avro 618 Ten
 * Avro Avocet
 * Avro 641 Commodore
 * Avro 626
 * Avro 642/4m Eighteen
 * Avro Sea Tutor
 * Avro Tutor
 * BAT Bantam
 * Blackburn Lincock
 * Boulton Paul Bittern
 * Canadian Vickers Vanessa
 * Canadian Vickers Varuna
 * Canadian Vickers Vedette
 * Cierva C.8
 * de Havilland Hawk Moth


 * Fairchild FC-2
 * Fokker C.VII
 * Fokker F.VIIA
 * Gloster Grouse
 * Messerschmitt M 18
 * Morane-Saulnier MS.230
 * Nieuport-Delage NiD 39
 * Larynx
 * Parnall Parasol
 * Raab-Katzenstein RK-26
 * Wackett Warrigal
 * Saro Cloud
 * Saro Cutty Sark
 * Supermarine Seamew
 * Vickers Vireo
 * VL Tuisku
 * Westland Wagtail

Alfa Romeo Lynx

 * Breda Ba.19
 * Breda Ba.25
 * IMAM Ro.10

Survivors

 * Avro Tutor, K3215, powered by a Lynx IV, flies regularly at the Shuttleworth Collection and can be viewed in the museum at other times.