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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).
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Specifications (Clerget 11Eb)
Data from Lumsden.
[1]
[2]
General characteristics
Components
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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
Comparable engines
Related lists
- ^
a
b Lumsden 2003, p. 134.
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^ 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.
- 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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