Gnome Delta
This article refers to the two-valve Gnome rotary engine (automatic inlet valve in the piston crown and pushrod operated exhaust valve). For the 100 hp Monosoupape engine go to Gnome Monosoupape 9 Type B-2, (Monosoupape engines had a single pushrod operated exhaust valve and inlet ports exposed by the piston near bottom dead centre). 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).
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Gnome Delta
This article refers to the two-valve Gnome rotary engine (automatic inlet valve in the piston crown and pushrod operated exhaust valve). For the 100 hp Monosoupape engine go to Gnome Monosoupape 9 Type B-2, (Monosoupape engines had a single pushrod operated exhaust valve and inlet ports exposed by the piston near bottom dead centre). 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).
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one static Bloctube carburettor feeding the crankcase
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*Bentley BR1
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*Le Rhône 9C
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Automatic centre-piston inlet valve, one overhead exhaust valve per cylinder
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