Lawrance A-3

A-3/Model A

Lawrance Model A engine on display at the Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey
Type	Piston aero engine
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Lawrance Aero Engine Company
Designed by	Charles Lawrance
First run	c.1916
Produced	c.450

The Lawrance A-3 or Lawrance Model A was an American twin-cylinder aircraft piston engine. Designed by Charles Lawrance in the mid-1910s the engine was produced by the Lawrance Aero Engine Company and under license by Excelsior. Weighing 200 lb (90 kg) the engine produced 28 horsepower (21 kW).^[1] A feature of this engine was the shared use of a single crankpin for both cylinders, this caused vibration as the pistons moved in the same direction.^[1]

Applications

Breese Penguin (flightless ground training aircraft)
Driggs Dart
Waco Cootie
Shinnecock lightplane

Specifications

Data from Gunston.^[1]

General characteristics

Type: Two-cylinder, air-cooled horizontally opposed piston aircraft engine
Dry weight: 200 lb (91 kg)

Components

Cooling system: Air-cooled

Performance

Power output: 28 hp (21 kW)

References

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Notes

1 2 3 Gunston 1989, p. 92.

Bibliography

Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9

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