Le Rhone Model C 9 Cylinder Rotary Engine, Cutaway
Societe des Moteurs Le Rhone of Paris began manufacturing air cooled rotary engines in 1910. Its rotary was sufficiently different than that first developed by the highly successful Seguin brothers of the Societe des Moteurs Gnome, also of Paris, that it circumvented relevant Gnome patents; but was taken over by Gnome in 1914.
Created by
Mark Avino
Date Created
04/18/2018
Source
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Keywords
Aviation; Engines; Piston; Propulsion; World War I
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