Gnome Delta
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|name= Delta |image = Gnome Delta - Moteurs Gnome October 1913.png |caption = Gnome 9 Delta as shown in a 1913 Gnome catalog }} {{Infobox Aircraft Engine |type= Rotary aero engine |national origin = |manufacturer= Société des Moteurs Gnome |first run= c.1909 |major applications=Avro 500 |number built = |program cost = |unit cost =22,000 Francs |developed from = |developed into = |variants with their own articles = Oberursel U.I }} |
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 {{cvt|100|hp}} from its capacity of {{convert|16|L|cuin}}.{{cite book|last1=Lumsden|first1=Alec S.C.|title=British piston aero-engines and their aircraft|date=1994|publisher=Airlife Publ.|location=Shrewsbury|isbn=1-85310-294-6|page=152|edition=1. publ. in the UK.}}
Variants
;Delta:The baseline 9-cylinder {{cvt|100|hp}} rotary engine.
;Delta-Delta:An 18-cylinder {{cvt|200|hp}} two-row rotary engine - Two Deltas on a common crankshaft.
Applications
List from Lumsden
- Avro Type 500
- Caudron Type L{{cite book |title=Les Avions Caudrons |last=Hauet|first=André|year=2001|volume=1|publisher=Lela Presse|location=Outreau|isbn=2 914017-08-1|page=55}}
- Dreadnought No.1http://www.century-of-flight.freeola.com/Aviation%20history/up%20to%20WW%201/dreadnought_1.htm
- 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)
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|ref=Lumsden.{{cite book|title=Moteurs Gnome|date=October 1913|publisher=Société des Moteurs Gnome|location=Paris|pages=15–18|url=https://www.museesafran.com/sites/musee/files/journaux/15-livres_espace_patrimoine_moteurs%20gnome_octobre_1913.pdf|accessdate=26 June 2018|language=French|format=PDF}}{{cite book |last1=Angle |first1=Glenn D. |title=Airplane Engine Encyclopedia |url=https://archive.org/details/airplaneenginee00anglgoog |date=1921|publisher=THE OTTERBEIN PRESS|location=Dayton, Ohio|page=[https://archive.org/details/airplaneenginee00anglgoog/page/n221 212]}}
|type=9-cylinder, single-row, rotary engine
|bore={{convert|124|mm|in|abbr=on|2}}
|stroke={{convert|150|mm|in|abbr=on|2}}
|displacement={{convert|16.28|L|cuin|abbr=on|2}}
|length={{convert|1150|mm|in|abbr=on|2}}
|diameter={{convert|1020|mm|in|abbr=on|2}}
|width=
|height=
|weight= {{convert|135|kg|lb|abbr=on|1}}
|valvetrain=Automatic centre-piston inlet valve, one overhead exhaust valve per cylinder.
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|fuelsystem=one static Bloctube carburettor feeding the crankcase
|fueltype=40 / 50 Octane gasoline
|oilsystem=Total loss pressure fed
|coolingsystem=Air-cooled
|power=75 kW (100 hp) at 1,200 rpm
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|fuelcon=
|specfuelcon=362 g/(kW·h) (0.6 lb/(hp·h))
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See also
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References
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External links
{{Commons category multi|Gnome Delta|Gnome Delta-Delta}}
{{Gnome-Rhône aeroengines}}
Category:Air-cooled aircraft piston engines