The Pobjoy R is a British seven-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine designed and built by Pobjoy Airmotors. Introduced in 1926, it was a popular engine for ultralight and small aircraft in the 1930s. A notable feature of the Pobjoy R was the propeller reduction gear which allowed the small engine to operate at more desirable higher speeds. The engine was license produced in Czechoslovakia by Walter Aircraft Engines as the Walter Mira.

Variants

Applications

• British Aircraft Swallow • Cierva C.25 • Comper Kite • Comper Swift • Cosmopolitan Light Plane • Couzinet 101 • Farman F.239 • Fauvel AV.10 • Fieseler F 3 • General Aircraft Monospar • Hendy Hobo • Kay Gyroplane • Landgraf H-2 • Letov Š-139 • Lippisch Delta IV • Mauboussin M.121P Corsaire Major • Miles Satyr • Nicholas-Beazley Pobjoy Special • Nozawa X-I • Pander Multipro • Praga E.214 • Přikryl-Blecha PB-5 Racek • Savoia-Marchetti SM.80bis • Short Scion • Short Scion Senior • Spartan Clipper • Swanson-Fahlin SF-1

Engines on display

A preserved Pobjoy R engine is on display at the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire. Two Pobjoy R engines, one installed in the remains of Comper Swift (R222 / LV-FBA) will be soon on display at the National Aviation Museum in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

Specifications (Pobjoy R)