OLD RHINEBECK AERODROME

De Havilland Gipsy Major

Country: United Kingdom
Year: 1932
Horsepower: 130 - 145
R.P.M.: 2350
Weight: 305 lbs.
Displacement: 374 cu. in.
Configuration: 4 cylinder in-line, 
air cooled
Used in: De Havilland Tiger 
  Moth, DH.87 

Developed from the earlier Gipsy I, II & III, the Major was designed to run in an inverted position with the cylinders pointing downward.  14, 615 were produced accounting for one half of all the Gipsy engines combined.

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