Renard Type 100

{{Short description|1920s Belgian piston aircraft engine}}

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The Renard Type 100 was a five-cylinder, radial piston engine, designed and produced in the late 1920s and early 1930s by Société Anonyme des Avions et Moteurs Renard (Renard) in Belgium.

Design and development

The Type 100 was a conventional air-cooled radial engine with overhead valves, operated by push-rods and rockers. Accessories were mounted on the rear crankcase plate and the propeller was driven directly, with no reduction gearing.

Specifications (Type 100)

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|stroke={{cvt|140|mm}}

|displacement={{cvt|7.92|L}}

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|valvetrain=2 cam rings, pushrods and rockers operating one inlet and one exhaust valve per cylinder

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|fuelsystem= one carburetor supplying mixture to a crankcase plenum, then by radial pipes to inlet valves

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|oilsystem=dry sump pressure

|coolingsystem=air-cooled

|power=normal:{{cvt|100|hp|order=flip}} at 1,400 rpm; Maximum:{{cvt|120|hp|order=flip}} at 1,580 rpm

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|specfuelcon=0.301 kg/(kW hour) (0.495 lb/(hp hour))

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|reduction_gear=direct drive

|general_other=dual ignition system

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