- The
Monosoupape (French for single-valve), was a
rotary engine design first introduced in 1913 by
Gnome Engine Company (renamed
Gnome et Rhône in 1915)...
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cutting the
ignition using a "blip" switch. This was only true of the "
Monosoupape" (single valve) type,
which took most of the air into the
cylinder through...
- powerplant)
Clerget 9Bf, 140 hp Le Rhône 9J, 110 hp
Gnome Monosoupape 9B-2, 100 hp
Gnome Monosoupape 9N, 160 hp The F.1 was the main
production version. It...
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problems with its Hispano-Suiza
continued to be unresolved. Its
Gnome Monosoupape 9N 120 kW (160 hp)
rotary engine was
mounted in the nose, in a tight...
- the
early 1920s,
usually powered by Russian-made
copies of the
Gnome Monosoupape rotary engine. This
Russian version of the 504 was
replaced by what would...
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generally weaker structure than the S-6. They had
either an 80 hp
Gnome Monosoupape or a 100 hp
Argus Motoren engine. Some were deplo**** on the world's first...
-
Defence Pups
standardised on the more
powerful 100 hp (75 kW)
Gnome Monosoupape,
which provided an
improved rate of climb.
These aircraft were distinguishable...
- 200 hp)
Gnome Monosoupape Gnome Monosoupape 7 Type A:(1916) 80 hp (60 kW)
Gnome Monosoupape 9 Type B-2:(1916) 100 hp (75 kW)
Gnome Monosoupape 9 Type N:(1917)...
- Hispano-Suiza 8 and
Mercedes D.III, and even
rotary engines as the
later Gnome Monosoupape model 9N 160 hp (119 kW)
versions featured twin
spark plugs per cylinder...
-
outselling Gnome et Rhône's
other main
wartime engine series, the
Gnome Monosoupape.
Licenses for
production of Le Rhône
series engines were
negotiated with...
