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An 80 horsepower (60 kW) rated Le Rhône 9C, a typical rotary engine of WWI. The copper pipes carry the fuel-air mixture from the crankcase to the cylinder heads acting collectively as an intake manifold. This Le Rhône 9C installed on a Sopwith Pup fighter aircraft at the Fleet Air Arm Museum.
Aviation in World War I. Appearance. hide. Colour Autochrome Lumière of a Nieuport Fighter in Aisne, France 1917. World War I was the first major conflict involving the large-scale use of aircraft. Tethered observation balloons had already been employed in several wars and would be used extensively for artillery spotting.
Sopwith Camel. Number built. 1,123. Developed from. Clerget 9B. Developed into. Bentley BR.2. The Bentley BR.1 was a British rotary aircraft engine of the First World War. Designed by the motor car engine designer W. O. Bentley, BR.1s powered the majority of Sopwith Camels flown by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).
The Liberty L-12 is an American water-cooled 45° V-12 aircraft engine displacing 1,649 cubic inches (27 L) and making 400 hp (300 kW) designed for a high power-to-weight ratio and ease of mass production. It saw wide use in aero applications, and, once marinized, in marine use both in racing and runabout boats.
Number built. 2,567. Developed from. Bentley BR.1. The Bentley B.R.2 was a nine-cylinder British rotary aircraft engine developed during the First World War by the motor car engine designer W. O. Bentley from his earlier Bentley BR.1. The BR.2 was built in small numbers during the war, its main use being by the Royal Air Force in the early 1920s.
In Russia, Renault 12F engines were assembled from imported parts by the Russian Renault Society in Petrograd. [9][10] A total of 98 engines were assembled from July 1916 to September 1917. All the engines assembled were early 12F models with cast iron pistons. In 1921 the 12F was re-designated as the M-3 under a new Soviet numbering system ...
An aircraft engine, ... Mercedes D.VI - an eighteen-cylinder liquid-cooled W-18 type aircraft engine - (517 hp/380 kW) was the most powerful engine during WW1.
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2. Airco DH.6. Developed from. Renault 70 / 80 hp. The RAF 1 is a British air-cooled, V-8 engine developed for aircraft use during World War I. Based on a French design, it was developed at the Royal Aircraft Factory, and built by six different British companies including Daimler, Rolls-Royce and Wolseley Motors Limited.