The Gnome 7 Lambda was a French designed, seven-cylinder, air-cooled rotary aero engine that was produced under license in Britain and Germany. Powering...
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cylinder past the ports. The basic Gnome design was then delivered in a series of larger engines. The Gnome Lambda of 1911 was a larger 80 hp (60 kW)...
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Rotary engine (section Gnome)
I, and Gnome also produced a two-row version (the 100 h.p. Double Omega), the larger 80 hp Gnome Lambda and the 160 hp two-row Double Lambda. By the...
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HF.20 original version with Gnome Lambda engine HF.21 15.5 m (51 ft) span and increased wing area version with Gnome Lambda engine. At least one of the...
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helicopter in 1931–32. Unlike other rotaries, the early Gnome engines like the Gnome Omega, Lambda and Delta used a unique arrangement of valves in order...
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orders for both types were placed by the military, and although a few Gnome Lambda-powered Tabloids saw limited service in the early war years, some Schneiders...
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Gnome engine design and the similar Le Rhône 9C. They produced both, the Gnomes as the U-series, and the Le Rhônes as the UR-series. The Gnome Lambda...
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2.30 m (7 ft 7 in) Wing area: 9.3 m2 (100 sq ft) Powerplant: 1 × Gnome Lambda Lambda 14-cylinder twin-row air-cooled rotary, 100 kW (140 hp) Propellers:...
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"Freddie" Raynham on 18 September 1913, powered by an 80 hp (60 kW) Gnome Lambda seven-cylinder rotary engine, the Avro 504 was a development of the earlier...
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the rear section fabric covered. It was powered by an 80 hp (60 kW) Gnome Lambda rotary engine enclosed in a cowling that had no open frontal area, although...
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