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On the left is the Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah X as installed in the Airspeed Oxford advanced twin-engined military trainer. It is moderately supercharged and gives a takeoff output of 375 h.p. with a variable pitch airscrew though when installed in the Oxford it drives airscrews of the fixed-pitch wooden type. Much of the success of this engine can be attributed to the automatic variable - datum boost control and the automatic mixture control fitted to its Claudel Hobson carburetter. Below is the Cheetah IX, an earlier type of similar characteristics but not equipped for the operation of a variable-pitch airscrew. The Cheetah IX is the standard power plant of the Avro Anson.

RADIALS FOR TRAINERS

Since the original Cheetah engine was put into production several years ago this widely employed Armstrong Siddeley type has established itself as one of the most reliable and efficient radials in the world for use in military trainers and light general-purpose types. The engines illustrated on this page (Mark IX and Mark X) are in service in their hundreds. An even later model, the Cheetah XI, has been developed to give no less than 460 h.p., which is extremely creditable considering the small dimensions of the engine.