Renault 80 hp, V-8 Engine
date: label: Date
content: Circa 1913
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Renault
notes: label: Physical Description
content: Type: Reciprocating, 8 cylinders, V-type, air cooled
label: Physical Description
content: Power rating: 67 kW (88 hp) at 1,800 rpm
label: Physical Description
content: Displacement: 9.0 L (548 cu in.)
label: Physical Description
content: Bore and Stroke: 105 mm (4.13 in.) x 130 mm (5.12 in.)
label: Physical Description
content: Weight: 210 kg (463 lb)
label: Summary
content: The first versions of this engine were built in 1908, and set an 8-hour endurance record in 1910. It continued to be used through World War I, especially in British training planes. A unique feature of the engine was that the propeller was driven at one-half engine speed by being driven off of the camshaft rather than the crankshaft in the conventional manner.
label: Summary
content: For cooling on tractor planes, a cowl was fitted to the engine to funnel the prop wash through the cylinders. On pusher planes, a fan was mounted opposite the propeller end to force air through a casing which partially surrounded the cylinders. Cooling the cylinders was augmented with fuel cooling.
label: Summary
content: The engine powered French aircraft including Farman, Voisin, and BE 2, and British aircraft including Airco D.H.6, Alliance P.1, Avro 548, Caudron G. III, Maurice Farman Serie VII Longhorn and Serie 11 Shorthorn, Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a, and Vickers F.B.7A.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: France
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transferred from the U.S. Navy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19710884000
objectType: label: Type
content: PROPULSION-Reciprocating & Rotary
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Aluminum, Steel, Paint, Brass
label: Dimensions
content: Length 134.6 cm (53.0 in.), Width 71.1 cm (28.0 in.), Height 76.2 cm (30.0 in.)