Clerget 11Eb
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|name= 11Eb |image = |caption = }} {{Infobox Aircraft Engine |type= Rotary engine |national origin = France |manufacturer= Clerget-Blin |first run=1918 |major applications= Sopwith Bulldog |number built = |program cost = |unit cost = £1,663 (1918)Gunston 1989, p. 41. |developed from = |developed into = |variants with their own articles = }} |
The Clerget 11Eb was an 11-cylinder rotary aircraft engine of the World War I era designed by Pierre Clerget. Powering Sopwith types it was nominally rated at 200 horsepower (150 kW).Lumsden 2003, p. 134.
Applications
Specifications (Clerget 11Eb)
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|type=11-cylinder air-cooled rotary engine
|bore={{convert|120|mm|in|abbr=on|2}}
|stroke={{convert|190|mm|in|abbr=on|2}}
|displacement={{convert|21.49|L|cuin|abbr=on|2}}
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|weight={{convert|232|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}}
|valvetrain=1 each overhead inlet and exhaust valves operated by pushrods and rockers
|supercharger=
|turbocharger=
|fuelsystem=Bloctube carburettor
|fueltype=Gasoline with Castor oil lubricant
|oilsystem=Castor oil mixed with fuel
|coolingsystem=Air-cooled
|power={{convert|215|hp|kW|abbr=on|disp=flip}} at 1,300 rpm (maximum power)
|specpower=0.1639 hp/cu in (7.46 kW/L)
|compression=5.1:1
|fuelcon=
|specfuelcon=0.518 L/kW/hour (0.68pt/hp/hour)
|oilcon= 0.0838 L/kW/hour (0.11 pt/hp/hour)
|power/weight=0.694 kW/kg (0.421 hp/lb)
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See also
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References
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=Bibliography=
- Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. {{ISBN|1-85260-163-9}}
- Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. {{ISBN|1-85310-294-6}}.
- {{cite book|last=Grey|first=C.G.|title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919|year=1969|publisher=David & Charles (Publishing) Limited|isbn=978-0-7153-4647-1|pages=1b to 145b|edition=Facsimile}}
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