Gnome Delta
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| Type | Rotary aero engine |
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| Manufacturer | Gnome et Rhone |
| First run | c.1909 |
| Major applications | Avro 500 Vickers F.B.9 Gunbus |
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The Gnome 9 Delta was a French designed, nine-cylinder, air-cooled rotary aero engine that was produced under license in Britain. Powering several World War I era aircraft types it produced 100 horsepower (75 kW) from its capacity of 16 litres (990 cubic inches). [1]
Applications
List from Lumsden
- Avro Type 500
- Pemberton-Billing P.B.25
- Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2
- Vickers No.7 Monoplane
- Vickers F.B.9 Gunbus
Engines on display
- A preserved Gnome 9 Delta engine is on public display at the Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris
Specifications (9 Delta)
Data from Lumsden.[1]
General characteristics
- Type: 9-cylinder, single-row, rotary engine
- Bore: 124 mm (4.9 in)
- Stroke: 150 mm (5.9 in)
- Displacement: 16.28 L (993.23 cu in)
- Length: 115 cm (45.3 in)
- Diameter: 102 cm (40.2 in)
Components
- Valvetrain: Automatic centre-piston inlet valve, one overhead exhaust valve per cylinder [2]
- Cooling system: Air-cooled
- Reduction gear: Direct drive, right-hand tractor, left-hand pusher
Performance
- Power output: 75 kW (100 hp) at 1,200 rpm
See also
- Comparable engines
- Bentley BR1
- Clerget
- Le Rhône 9C
- Related lists
References
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Notes
Bibliography
- Angle, Glenn D. Airplane Engine Encyclopedia. Dayton, Ohio: The Otterbein Press, 1921.
- Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-85310-294-6.
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