Gnome-Rhône 7K

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The Gnome-Rhône 7K Titan Major was a 7-cylinder 370 hp (270 kW) air cooled radial engine, that started life as an enlarged Gnome-Rhône 5K with two extra cylinders. The Gnome-Rhône 5K was itself a licensed version of the Bristol Titan. The 7K is very comparable to the Bristol Neptune 7 cylinder engine since they used the same technology. The 7K was followed by the larger and more powerful 9-cylinder 550 hp (405 kW) Gnome-Rhône 9K Mistral. Gnome-Rhône later responded to the need for a more powerful engine by developing the 7K into a two-row version that became the Gnome-Rhône14K Mistral Major.

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