User:MikWes/Renault 60 hp V-8

Precursors of the engine (move to separate article)

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The first precursor of the Renault 50/60 hp engine was an air-cooled V-8 engine of approximately 40–45 hp (30–34 kW) presented on the Salon de l’Automobile 1907, which has been intended for aircraft and dirigibles and was cooled by two separate fans on both ends of the engine.[citation needed]

  • TODO: variant with single fan, propeller shaft below.. (date, hp etc)
    • e.g. Le Génie Civil, vol 55 1909, p. 127 + plates
  • (Henri) Farman II (The Flying Fish, Voisin), 35 hp Renault V-8 ref. par air, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k96036698/f9.item , La Vie au grand air, 29 Feb. 1908, pp. 134-135

Timeline

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1909 vertical mounts
[1] (Salon)
[2] (Test stand)
[3] (Breguet, Semaine de Reims)
1910 transverse mounts (steel tubes)
[4] (Salon)
[5] (Test stand)
[6] (Test stand)
[7] (Test stand)
[8] (advert, July 1911)
1911 cast lower engine case
[9]

Applications

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Philos. L'Aérophile, 15 October 1911. pp. 476–482
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lagrange1911 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

Bibliography

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  • Angle, Glenn Dale (1921). Airplane Engine Encyclopedia: An Alphabetically Arranged Compilation Of All Available Data On The World's Airplane Engines. Otterbein Press. pp. 411-413. OL 23525261M.
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  • Renault 50/60 hp installed in a Bréguet aircraft, Semaine de Reims, 1909 (Agence Meurisse): 3600bis
  • Renault 50/60 hp at the Concours de Moteurs pour l'Aviation 1909 (Agence Meurisse): 1803
  • Renault 50/60 hp on the test bench, 1910 (Agence Meurisse): 7732 7733 7734
  • Renault 50 hp at the Salon Aéronautique, 1910 (Agence Meurisse): 8353