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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 several World War I-era aircraft types it was claimed to produce 80 horsepower (60 kW) from its capacity of 12 litres (730 cubic inches) although recorded figures are lower.[1]
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Gnome 7 Lambda as shown in a 1913 Gnome catalog | |
Type | Rotary aero engine |
Manufacturer | Gnome et Rhône |
First run | c.1911 |
Major applications | Avro 504 Bristol Boxkite Bristol Scout |
Number built | 2,720 (French production) 979 (British production) |
Just under 1,000 units were produced in Britain, the majority (967) by the Daimler Company of Coventry. A 14-cylinder variant was known as the Gnome 14 Lambda-Lambda.
In Germany Motorenfabrik Oberursel license-built the seven-cylinder engine as the Oberursel U.0 and later copied the 14-cylinder design and designated it as the Oberursel U.III.
List from Lumsden
An original Gnome 7 Lambda engine is installed in the Sopwith Tabloid replica aircraft on display in the Grahame-White hall of the Royal Air Force Museum London.[4]
Data from Lumsden.[1]
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