Argus
Motorengesellschaft is most famous for its inverted vee piston
engines, notably the As 10 inverted V-8 and the As 410 inverted V-12
which powered the Fw 189 and Ar 96. Perhaps their most
notorious engine was the Argus-Schmidt 109-014 pulsejet used to
power the V-1 buzz bomb.
History
1902: Argus builds its first automobile
engine
1906: Argus adapts its auto engine for use
in aircraft
1919: Aircraft engine work ceases
1928: Argus re-enters the aircraft engine
with an inverted inline 4, the As 8
1942: First flight of the 109-014 powered
V-1 (Fi 103)
1945: ???
