Gnome Delta

The Gnome 9 Delta was a French designed, nine-cylinder, air-cooled rotary aero engine that was produced under license in Britain. Powering several World War I era aircraft types it produced 100 hp from its capacity of 16 L.

Variants

 * Delta:The baseline 9-cylinder 100 hp rotary engine.
 * Delta-Delta:An 18-cylinder 200 hp two-row rotary engine - Two Deltas on a common crankshaft.

Applications
List from Lumsden


 * Avro Type 500
 * Caudron Type L
 * Pemberton-Billing P.B.25
 * Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2
 * Vickers No.7 Monoplane
 * Vickers F.B.9 Gunbus

Engines on display

 * A preserved Gnome 9 Delta engine is on public display at the Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris