- Source: Clerget 11Eb
The Clerget 11Eb was an 11-cylinder rotary aircraft engine of the World War I era designed by Pierre Clerget. Powering Sopwith types it was nominally rated at 200 horsepower (150 kW).
Applications
Sopwith Bulldog
Sopwith Hippo
Sopwith Salamander
Specifications (Clerget 11Eb)
Data from Lumsden.
= General characteristics
=Type: 11-cylinder air-cooled rotary engine
Bore: 120 mm (4.72 in)
Stroke: 190 mm (7.48 in)
Displacement: 21.49 L (1,311.40 cu in)
Dry weight: 232 kg (511 lb)
= Components
=Valvetrain: 1 each overhead inlet and exhaust valves operated by pushrods and rockers
Fuel system: Bloctube carburettor
Fuel type: Gasoline with Castor oil lubricant
Oil system: Castor oil mixed with fuel
Cooling system: Air-cooled
= Performance
=Power output: 160 kW (215 hp) at 1,300 rpm (maximum power)
Specific power: 0.1639 hp/cu in (7.46 kW/L)
Compression ratio: 5.1:1
Specific fuel consumption: 0.518 L/kW/hour (0.68pt/hp/hour)
Oil consumption: 0.0838 L/kW/hour (0.11 pt/hp/hour)
Power-to-weight ratio: 0.694 kW/kg (0.421 hp/lb)
See also
Clerget aircraft engines
Comparable engines
Gnome Monosoupape
Le Rhône
Related lists
List of aircraft engines
References
= Notes
== Bibliography
=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.
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.
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