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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 .
The Peugeot 8Aa, or L112, is a water-cooled V8 aircraft engine that equipped the Voisin VIII bombers and escort fighters built during World War I.. The engine was designed to meet a 1915 request from the French armament ministry for aero engines capable of long endurance at high altitudes.
The United Kingdom had "started late" and initially relied largely on the French aircraft industry, especially for aircraft engines. The initial British contribution to the total allied airwar effort in August 1914 (of about 184 aircraft) was three squadrons with about 30 serviceable machines.
Although the engine was named after him, W O Bentley did not hold any commercial rights as his design work took place while he was serving as a Royal Navy officer assigned to the task of improving aero engines. In 1919 a royal commission was set up to compensate inventors of unpatented devices used by the British government during WW1. W O ...
The D.III line of engines would find themselves eclipsed in performance by the BMW IIIa of 138 kW (185 hp) and then 150 kW (200 hp)(British rated it at 170 kW (230 hp)) in 1918, however, the small number of BMW's produced ensured that the Mercedes D.III series would be the primary German fighter engine up to the last month or two of the war and ...
This is a list of World War I Entente aircraft organized by country of origin. Dates are of first flight. Dates are of first flight. Nieuport 10, used by most Entente countries as fighter, reconnaissance aircraft and trainer.
The Mercedes D.I (also known as the Type E6F [1]) was a six-cylinder, water-cooled, SOHC valvetrain inline engine developed in Germany for use in aircraft in 1913. Developing 75 kW (100 hp), it powered many German military aircraft during the very early part of World War I.
This required aircraft to home to a specific point at a distance from the target based on the mark of aircraft and its engines. In the case of No. 44 Squadron with the Vulcan B.1A, this point was some 21,000 yards from the target. The aircraft would then be set in a climb at a specified angle of about 12 degrees for the Mk1a.