Clerget 7Z

7Z
Type Rotary engine
National origin France
Manufacturer Clerget-Blin
First run 1911
Major applications Avro 504
Number built 347 (British production)


The Clerget 7Z was a seven-cylinder rotary aircraft engine of the World War I era designed by Pierre Clerget. First appearing in 1911 it was nominally rated at 80 horsepower (60 kW). 347 examples were jointly built in Britain by Gordon Watney & Co Ltd of Weybridge and Gwynnes Limited of Hammersmith.[1]

Applications

Specifications (Clerget 7Z)

Data from Lumsden and Gunston.[1][2][3]

General characteristics

Components

Performance

See also


Comparable engines
Related lists

References

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Lumsden 2003, p. 133.
  2. Gunston 1989, p, 41.
  3. Grey, C.G. (1969). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919 (Facsimile ed.). David & Charles (Publishing) Limited. pp. 1b to 145b. ISBN 978-0-7153-4647-1.

Bibliography

  • Grey, C.G. (1969). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919 (Facsimile ed.). David & Charles (Publishing) Limited. pp. 1b to 145b. ISBN 978-0-7153-4647-1. 
  • Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9
  • Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-85310-294-6.
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