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308:List of aircraft engines
276:de Havilland Gipsy Minor
242:0.35 hp/cu in (6.5 kW/L)
260:0.35 hp/lb (0.58 kW/kg)
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331:Lumsden 2003, p.90.
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270:Comparable engines
66:Major applications
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492:Cirrus III
314:References
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183:Valvetrain
176:Components
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57:First run
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536:Hermes II
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