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  2. Gnome Monosoupape - Wikipedia

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    The Monosoupape (French for single-valve), was a rotary engine design first introduced in 1913 by Gnome Engine Company (renamed Gnome et Rhône in 1915). It used a clever arrangement of internal transfer ports and a single pushrod-operated exhaust valve to replace the many moving parts found on more conventional rotary engines, and made the Monosoupape engines some of the most reliable of the era.

  3. Rotary engine - Wikipedia

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    The later 160 hp nine-cylinder Gnome 9N rotary engine used the Monosoupape valve design while adding the safety factor of a dual ignition system, and was the last known rotary engine design to use such a cylinder head valving format.

  4. Le Rhône - Wikipedia

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    In 1915 around 45% of all Le Rhône engines manufactured in France were exported to Great Britain, Italy and Russia. Le Rhône series engines proved to be far more popular with aircraft manufacturers than Gnome et Rhône's other major engine series, the Gnome Monosoupape mainly due to the Rhône’s lower fuel and lube oil consumption. [2]

  5. Gnome et Rhône - Wikipedia

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    The basic Gnome design was then delivered in a series of larger engines. The Gnome Lambda of 1911 was a larger 80 hp (60 kW) version of the Omega, followed by the 9-cylinder 100 hp (75 kW) Gnome Delta in 1914 (also called the Gnome Monosoupape as it used that type of engine design for the first time). Gnome also tried a 14-cylinder two-row ...

  6. Le Rhône 9J - Wikipedia

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    The Le Rhône 9J is a nine-cylinder rotary aircraft engine produced in France by Gnome et Rhône.Also known as the Le Rhône 110 hp in a reference to its nominal power rating, the engine was fitted to a number of military aircraft types of the First World War.

  7. Gyro Motor Company - Wikipedia

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    The French Gnome Omega and future variants proved to be more popular in sales. Motorenfabrik Oberursel developed its own rotary from the Gnome Monosoupape that would power many World War I fighters. In June 1914, Berliner's nephew, Joseph Sanders , became the general manager.

  8. Caudron Type G - Wikipedia

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    Data from General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 7.30 m (23 ft 11 in) Wingspan: 13.90 m (45 ft 7 in) Wing area: 30 m 2 (320 sq ft) Empty weight: 350 kg (772 lb) Gross weight: 625 kg (1,378 lb) Powerplant: 1 × Gnome Monosoupape 9 Type B 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 60 kW (80 hp) Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller Performance Maximum speed: 100 km/h (62 mph, 54 kn) Time ...

  9. Category:Gnome-Rhône aircraft engines - Wikipedia

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