User:MikWes/Renault

General

 * Gerard Hartmann - Les moteurs d’aviation Renault (http://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/les_moteurs_d_aviation_renault.pdf)
 * old/outdated version: http://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/renault.pdf


 * Airplane Engine Encyclopedia, Angle Glenn, 1921
 * seems correct and rather complete listing of the major early Renault engines, 1 drawing of 70 hp Renault (pages 410ff)
 * De Dion engines also listed (page 165ff)
 * google scan sans pictures: http://www.archive.org/details/airplaneenginee00anglgoog


 * Pagé, Victor Wilfred - Aviation engines, 1917 (http://www.archive.org/download/aviationenginesd00pagrich)
 * page 312 depicts a liquid cooled Renault V12 in Fig. 132
 * pages 505-512 "Renault Air-Cooled Vee Engine": mentions 40hp, 50hp engines, describes and depicts 70hp V8 and 90hp/100hp V12


 * Henri André, Moteurs d'aviation et de dirigeables, 1910 (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001040283)
 * page 88-90: describes and depicts air cooled 25hp Renault vee-4 engine (90/120mm, 1800rpm, 110kg)
 * page 90: mentions 8 cylinder 50ch engine of same type
 * page 141: describes and depicts water cooled Renault straight-4 engine (100/130mm, 35/40hp, 100kg)


 * http://asoublies14-18.cosadgip.com/Default.asp?367332D3741663E62673366333D36D47263336233D166E6236233D077462361332233DE6
 * Renault 70 HP on Maurice Farman M.F.7
 * Renault 70 HP or De Dion 80 HP on Maurice Farman M.F.7bis
 * Renault 80 HP or De Dion 80 HP on Maurice Farman M.F.11 (some "sans ventilateur")
 * Renault 100 HP or Renault 130 HP or De Dion 130 HP on Maurice Farman M.F.11bis
 * Renault 130 HP on Maurice Farman M.F.8 (19m wingspan)
 * Renault 80 HP or Renault 150 HP à eau (water cooled) or De Dion 130 HP on Farman F 40
 * Renault 220 HP on Farman F 43
 * Renault 230 HP (blindé) on Farman F
 * new page? http://www.asoublies1418.fr


 * PARIS FLIGHT SHOW, Flight 1909, page 624(http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1909/1909%20-%200620.html)
 * mentions De Dion aero engines being of the same design as their car engines as of 1909
 * 2 larger models are V type, the 35hp type also used for cars
 * mentions air cooled Renault aero engines -> the design of the fan cooled V8 engines seemingly originated at Renault, not De Dion
 * additional water cooled Renault engine mentioned: steel cylinders, copper jackets


 * FLIGHT ENGINES AT PARIS SHOW, Flight 1909, page 709-710 (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1909/1909%20-%200707.html)
 * Pictures and dimensioned (!) drawings of 25hp air cooled V4 and 45hp water cooled inline 4-Cyl. engine.
 * additional data in text:
 * 25hp@1200rpm, 90mm/120mm, 115kg, 6000 francs
 * 45hp, 110mm/160mm, 190kg, 1100rpm, 11000 francs
 * note mm written as m/m, compare engine drawing dimensions ("Z" -> m/m) in Sherbondy, Wardrop


 * AERO ENGINES AT PARIS SHOW. 1913, Flight, 1914 (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1914/1914%20-%200192.html)
 * table with Renault, De Dion, etc
 * whole articles: pages 97-98, 121-122, 135-137, 162-163, 191-193
 * description of De Dion on page 121 (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1914/1914%20-%200121.html)


 * French and British stationary aero engines, Flight, November 1, 1917
 * http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1917/1917%20-%201137.html
 * http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1917/1917%20-%201138.html
 * http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1917/1917%20-%201139.html
 * note: figures and description might not be accurate


 * Great Britain. Air Board - The Claudel-Hobson carburettor models R.A.F., Z. & H.C.7., for aero engines : instruction manual, 1918 (http://www.archive.org/details/claudelhobsoncar00greaiala)
 * mentions on page 7 that Renault engines use the Claudel-Hobson carb. (however: water cooled Renaults typically used Zenith carbs.?)


 * Pictures (http://www.wwi-models.org/Photos/Engines/Renault80/index.html)
 * note: photos from Brussels Museum depict liquid cooled 80hp V8@~50°, other photos depict air cooled 80hp V8@90°
 * note@liquid cooled: data from sign: Renault 80HP, 1250rpm, 10.37 hp/kg, 25l; Used in: Farman ??, Voisin, BE2; 1913
 * note@liquid cooled: data from sign might be inaccurate: i have not heard of any liquid cooled BE2s (but need to check)


 * Pictures: http://www.wwi-models.org/app/sbj/srch/Macn.php?action=uArchList&subjId=288
 * note@'Bourget R.12': one photo shows a Peugeot motor
 * note@'Brussels 12DB': Renault 12 Db 130 HP air cooled V12, perhaps this one: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/NbyhRBH1FTq4pUFfWBqCdQ
 * note@'Krakow 12FE': a Renault 12 Fe
 * note@'Uruguay 300HP': a Renault 12 Fe?


 * ENTRANTS FOR THE DEAUVILLE WATERPLANE MEETING, Flight, 1913 (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1913/1913%20-%200917.html)
 * Maurice Farman with 120 hp 8cyl. Renault, likely the same as in Flight, July 1914, pages 702 and 731 (same pilot)


 * Aero Engines, Chorlton A E L, 1921, Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Volume 33 Issue 4, pp 738
 * https://books.google.at/books?id=hJJCAAAAYAAJ
 * pg 753, Table 4 - Aero engines before 1910, Renault/vertical/water/4cyl/B=4.33in/St=6.30in/38.5hp/1100rpm;
 * 1155ft/min piston speed; 286 lbs dry weight
 * pg 756, Table 5 - Leading Engines 1914, Wolseley-Renault/Vee/12cyl/B=3.78in~96mm/St=5.51in~140mm/113.5bhp/1800rpm;
 * 1654ft/min piston speed; 0.66lb fuel/bhp*h; 478.8 lbs dry weight complete; 863.2 lbs weight incl fuel & oil 4h
 * pg 765, Table 10 - 12 Cylinder vee type water cooled engines: Renault 50°V12/220hp/B=4.92in~125mm/St=5.91in~150mm/1348cu.in/4.36compress/225bhp/1300rpm;
 * 1081ft/min piston speed; 0.53/0.062 lbs fuel/oil consumption per bhp*h; 951 lbs engine dry weight
 * pg 766, Table 11 - Air cooled, vee type engines: Wolseley Renault 90°V8/80hp/B=4.13in~105mm/St=5.12in~130mm/549.5cu.in/4.16compress/102bhp/1800rpm
 * 1538ft/min piston speed; 0.66/0.055 lbs fuel/oil consumption per bhp*h; 500 lbs engine dry weight
 * pg 767, Text, Renault water cooled 240 hp 50°V12 Bore/Stroke 124mm/150mm, 1200 rpm normal speed


 * press photographs on gallica
 * Salon de l'aéronautique, 1909
 * Moteur Renault, 4 cylindres, 45 chevaux, refroidissement à eau
 * Moteur Renault, 45 HP, refroidissement à eau
 * Moteur Renault, 50 HP, refroidissement à air (note vertical engine mounts, offset cylinders)
 * 1909 air cooled vee-8
 * https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9019256f (note vertical engine mounts, carb. on top, flat front)
 * Semaine de Reims : Le moteur Renault de l'appareil Breguet après l'accident (vertical engine mounts, flat front)
 * 1910 air cooled vee-8
 * https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90193613 (note transverse engine mounts, carb. on top)
 * https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9019367k (note transverse engine mounts, carb. on top)
 * https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90193665 (note transverse engine mounts, carb. on top)
 * Salon de l'aéronautique le moteur Renault 4 8 cylindres 50 HP (note transverse engine mounts)
 * 1912 Renault 100hp V12
 * A Buc, moteur 100 HP 12 cylindres Renault, same aeroplane also seen in Renault advert


 * Lists of Engine Manuals:
 * Renault: https://sites.google.com/site/documentationrenault/manuels
 * De Dion: https://sites.google.com/site/dedionboutonmoteur/
 * Other: Manuels Moteurs
 * Renault, DeDion: Les Moteurs d'Aviation 14-18

Air cooled

 * Aeronautics, Vol. 9, page 180, November 1911
 * depicts French Wright aeroplane with Renault V8 fan cooled engine
 * engine set aside fuselage/nacelle, chain drive to propellers, transverse engine mounts, carburettor not mounted on top


 * Aeronautics, Vol. 10, page 65, February 1912
 * depicts French Wright aeroplane with 70hp Renault V8 fan cooled engine
 * engine set aside fuselage/nacelle, chain drive to propellers, carburettor on side, warm air intake around exhaust
 * nice frontal view of fan


 * Aeronautics, Vol. 10, page 148, May-June 1912
 * depicts Military Burgess aeroplane with 70hp Renault V8 fan cooled engine
 * carburettor on front, slightly different type of exhaust jacket for warm air intake.


 * Whitehead Aircraft Works, Aeronautics, Vol. 10, Jan-Jul 1916, page 142
 * depicts B.E.2(b?) with Renault engine in workshop. Flywheel visible.


 * Fage, Arthur - The aeroplane. A concise scientific study, 1915, pages 50, 123f, 129
 * page 50 states usage of a 70 hp Renault in a Farman two-seater biplane
 * pages 123f list some data and calculations of an 72.5 hp Renault V8 3.8in x 4.75in (96mm x 120mm)
 * page 129 lists an air cooled 100 hp Renault V12 engine 96mm x 140mm


 * Weight and torque of aero engines, Flight, October 19, 1916 (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1916/1916%20-%200913.html)
 * Engine No 93: The Renault 8-cylinder air cooled vee type engine, Farman, 1908


 * Marks, Lionel S. - The airplane engine, 1922
 * shows reduction gear of Renault engine on page 378 Gearing 20T/40T
 * details (power, bore, stroke, compression..) of many engines (Benz FB FF, Sunbeam, Peugeot, ..) on pages 66-79
 * details & drawings: Rolls Royce Eagle (pages 98-103), Benz 230 (pages 109-111), Maybach 300 (pages 112-113)
 * another scan: https://archive.org/details/airplaneengine00markuoft


 * Capitaine C. Martinot-Lagarde, Les moteurs d'aviation, 1918 (http://issuu.com/chestnuts/docs/moteurs_aviation_1918/1)
 * page 122ff describe and show air cooled Renault 8 cylinder engines, followed by similar de dion engines (!)


 * Heri Petit, Les moteurs, 1922 (http://books.google.at/books?id=WWQNAQAAMAAJ)
 * page 145: picture of fan cooled de dion vee-8
 * page 160, 161: pictures of fan cooled 70hp Renault vee-8
 * page 153: picture of 180 hp liquid cooled Renault straight-8 with reduction gear
 * AEROMOTORS EXHIBITED AT THE PARIS AERO SALON, Flight 1912, page 1080
 * Table lists Renault and Dion engine (amongst others):
 * Renault 25hp fan cooled V4, 90/120mm, 1800rpm, 242 lbs (ca 110 kg)
 * Renault 40hp fan cooled V8, 75/120mm, 1800rpm, 242 lbs (ca 110 kg)
 * Renault 50-60hp fan cooled V8, 90/120mm, 1800rpm, 374 lbs (ca 170 kg)
 * Renault 70hp fan cooled V8, 96/120mm, 1800rpm, 396 lbs (ca 180 kg)
 * Renault 100hp fan cooled V12, 96/120mm (?), 1800rpm, 638 lbs (ca 290 kg)
 * De Dion 80 hp air cooled V8, 100/120mm, 1700rpm, 484 lbs (ca 220 kg)
 * De Dion 150 hp water cooled V8, 125/150mm, 1600rpm, 968 lbs (ca 440 kg)
 * Note: Tabulated particulars compiled, with the assistance of L'Aero, from data supplied by the manufacturers.


 * Der 70HP luftgekühlte Renault-Fliegermotor, 1912, Allgemeine Automobil Zeitung, page 51 (http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=aaz&datum=19120929&seite=51&zoom=2)
 * description and picture of 70 hp Renault
 * bore/stroke = 96mm/120mm, L/W/H = 1300mm/678mm/651mm, 180kg, 1800rpm


 * A. GRAHAM CLARK - AERONAUTICAL ENGINES, Flight, 1912/1913, 1912 pg. 1175-1179; 1913 pg. 20-21, 47-48, 75, 101, 129-130, 198-199, 266, 318-319
 * Table with Renault general characteristics, materials, etc (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1912/1912%20-%201175.html)
 * Table with De Dion 80hp and 150hp (liq.) dimensions and performance on page 1176
 * Table with Renault 25hp V4, 40hp/55hp/78hp V8 and 100hp V12@60° dimensions and performance on page 1177
 * Table with 78hp Renault, bore, stroke, rpm, etc. (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1912/1912%20-%201178.html)
 * Description of Renault (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1913/1913%20-%200129.html)


 * AERO ENGINES AT OLYMPIA SHOW, Flight, 1913, pages 190-191
 * Picture of Renault air cooled engine 100hp V12@60° on page 191 (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1913/1913%20-%200187.html)


 * THE ENGINES AT OLYMPIA, Flight, 1913, pages 226-230
 * Description and Picture of Renault air cooled engines, 100hp V12@60° (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1913/1913%20-%200223.html)
 * Lists Renault engines: 40/70/90-100hp, bore, stroke, etc (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1913/1913%20-%200224.html)


 * AERONAUTICAL ENGINES AT OLYMPIA, 1914, Flight, March 14, 1914.
 * List of Renault engines 70HP V8 and 100hp V12 (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1914/1914%20-%200269.html)
 * Pictures + description of Renault engines 70HP V8 and 100hp V12 (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1914/1914%20-%200272.html)
 * Compare: Wolseley semi-air-cooled 60-80 hp engines (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1914/1914%20-%200274.html)
 * Further details of Wolseley (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1914/1914%20-%200339.html)
 * Renault improvements (40/70/100hp) over their older engines (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1914/1914%20-%200337.html)
 * piston oil pumps replaced by gear pumps driven off the cam-shaft (etc..)


 * Pariser Aero-Salon 1911, Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung 1912, page 13 (http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=aaz&datum=19121103&seite=13&zoom=2)
 * Note De Dion 80 hp air cooled motor
 * 12 cylinder 60 degree Vee Renault


 * Motoren auf dem Pariser Aero Salon, 1913, Allgemeine Automobil Zeitung, page 23 (http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=aaz&datum=19131221&seite=23&zoom=2)
 * depicts 100hp air cooled Renault engine


 * Pictures:
 * Renault 70 CV, 1908 http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/airplane%20at%20war/upload2/Renault%2070%20CV.htm


 * Picture of Renault V12 aircooled engine (http://www.bredow-web.de/Triebwerke_und_Flugzeugmotore/Renault/renault.html)


 * Picture of Farman F.40 fuselage/V12 aircooled engine, could be a Renault or a De Dion (http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4uJs9s9VhAk/Rk_sL_WluWI/AAAAAAAABTc/7ODal7EfOGg/EDS28013.jpg)


 * Drawing of Farman F.40 states Renault 130 CV (http://www.internetmodeler.com/1999/november/new-releases/farman-drwg.jpg)


 * Maurice Farman MF.11, Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire, Bruxelles, B (http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com/htmi/ite/mf11.htm)


 * www.finemodelworks.com pictures, unknown source/Flight
 * http://www.finemodelworks.com/arizona-models/reference/Aircraft_Fittings/Engines/French/Renault/Renault_70hp.jpg
 * http://www.finemodelworks.com/arizona-models/reference/Aircraft_Fittings/Engines/French/Renault/Renault_Engine_Sketch.jpg
 * note sketch from Flight, December 21, 1916


 * The R.F.C. inquiry, Flight, June 29, 1916 (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1916/1916%20-%200551.html?search=renault)
 * lists BE.2b and Maurice Farman being equipped with 70hp Renault at beginning of war.


 * Flight, June 1, 1916 (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1916/1916 - 0551.html?search=renault)
 * lists BE.2c being equipped with 70hp Renault before being reequipped with 90hp RAFs


 * Gerard Hartmannn - 1908 année de l’aéronat (http://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/1908_annee_de_l_aeronat.pdf)
 * page 28: Describes early Renault V8 (~50cv): ca. 180kg (less later); steel pistons (aluminium later); constant flow carb (François Baverey, founder of Zenith), previously pump carb (as in Antoinette)
 * several pages state other Renault engine weighs (150/170/190kg)


 * Gerard Hartmannn - La Grande Semaine d’Aviation de la Champagne (http://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/semaine_aviation_champagne_1909.pdf)
 * lists Renault 60ch V8 on page 10: bore/stroke 120/120mm, 1800rpm, 180kg, air cooled
 * Der erste aeronautische "Salon", Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1909, Nr. 40, 3. October 1909 (AUH magazine, german)
 * http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=aaz&datum=19091003&seite=30&zoom=2
 * note 25HP V4: short description on page 31, picture on page 32,


 * Der zweite Pariser aviatische "Salon", Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1910, Nr. 43, 23. October 1910 (AUH magazine, german)
 * http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=aaz&datum=19101023&seite=2&zoom=2
 * note 25HP V4: picture on page 8


 * L'Aérophile Volume 18, page 515 (http://www.archive.org/details/larophile18besa)
 * picture of 4 cyl. Renault 25 hp (Salon d'aeronautique 1910)
 * advertisement w/picture of Renault V8 (note engine mount)


 * A photo of a Renault 80 hp (or perhaps a Renault 70 hp)
 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/97039613@N00/5360748928/


 * photo of Renault 80 hp buildt by Wolseley (Type WS)
 * http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=213294
 * One of 304 Renault type WS, 80 hp, 8-cylinder Vee engines
 * note: cylinders seem to be shifted.
 * Engine No. A52/2014 B.H.P 85 at 905. Tested 5-8-15: 2 hrs."
 * 105/130mm, 4.16:1 compression


 * photo of 80 H.P. Renault engine No.1709 W.D. No.12864. in london science museum
 * http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10215567&itemw=4&itemf=0001&itemstep=1&itemx=1


 * Victor Pagé - The A-B-C of aviation, 1918 (http://www.archive.org/details/abcaviationacom00paggoog)
 * page 142: drawing air cooled 8 cylinder V Renault pusher (externals)


 * Frank Munger - cutaway drawing of aircooled Renault V 8 (http://www.flightlinearts.com/Portals/0/images/Posters/RenaultV8Engine.jpg)
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233211/http://www.flightlinearts.com/Portals/0/images/Posters/RenaultV8Engine.jpg
 * 70 hp according to description
 * shows articulated rods


 * J.F. Lehmann - Jahrbuch der Luftfahrt, Band 2, 1912 (http://books.google.com/books?id=BjIXAQAAIAAJ)
 * drawing of fan-cooled v8 Renault on page 215, note offset cylinders, crankcase bottom, oil lines


 * Siegmund Huppert - Leitfaden der Flugtechnik, 1913 (http://books.google.at/books?id=d7NFAAAAMAAJ)
 * picture and description of 90 hp fan-cooled Renault 12 cylinder 60° Vee engine on page 333
 * Bore/Stroke = 96mm/140mm, 1850 rpm, 90 hp, 290kg


 * Divers types de moteur d'aviation RENAULT au circuit d'Anjou, Bulletin mensuel / Association générale aéronautique, 1912
 * Note Y-shaped cylinder mountings on upper left picture
 * La Bouret, Biplan Astra with Renault 100 hp V12 (https://www.air-journal.fr/air-journal-circuit-anjou-1912-labouret)
 * Renault 70 ch/75 ch, 90 ch (https://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/la_grande_course_aerienne_circuit_d_anjou_1912.pdf)


 * Bulletin mensuel / Association générale aéronautique, 1911
 * Les concours d'aeroplane militaires: Farman and Breguet with Renault 75hp (https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6123096t/f10.item)
 * photos https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6123096t/f12.item
 * Breguet L 1


 * Le 10eme anniversaire des Renault, La Vie au Grand Air, 1908 November 28
 * Depiction of Renault V8 https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9603915r/f11.item
 * 'Zeppelin' moteurs Mercedes


 * Renault Frères au deuxième Salon, La Vie au Grand Air, 1909 Januray 2
 * Renault 50 hp 90/120mm, conical fan casing


 * Le Moteur d'aviation Renault, H.P. (H.Petit?), La Vie au Grand Air, 1909 August 21
 * Renault 60 ch V8, no dimensions given, photos


 * Renault et l'aviation, La Vie au Grand Air, 1910 July 2
 * pictures, text: biplan Farman, Renault V4, Renault 60 ch V8, no dimensions given


 * Le Moteurs d'Aviation, La Vie au Grand Air, 1910 October 29
 * mentions Renault V4 and V8, no dimensions, no pictures


 * Les Moteurs au Salon, H.Petit, La Vie au Grand Air, 1911 December 13
 * mentions display of 4 and 8 cylinder air-cooled Renault, new V12 Renault engine (1800rpm), no dimensions given.
 * Renault V8 (Y-head mounts) depicted https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9604305m/f7.item


 * Aircraft photos (Renault)
 * MF 11 with Renault 80hp V8


 * Adverts
 * 1913, June: 40hp, 50-60hp, 70hp, 100hp(depicted)


 * Films
 * WWI R.A.F. Material (1910-1919), time 1:01, Men load a Renault engine aboard a lorry.

Liquid cooled

 * Renault 170HP aircraft engine manual (http://issuu.com/chestnuts/docs/renault_8cyl_170hp)
 * note domed pistons on 170hp V8, also flat aluminium pistons shown, translation needed
 * Renault 190HP aircraft engine manual (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Scans_from_%27Renault_190HP_aircraft_engine_manual%27)
 * note flat pistons on 190hp V8


 * Sherbondy, E H; Wardrop, G. Douglas, joint author - Textbook of aero engines, 1920, pages 235-245 (http://www.archive.org/details/textbookaeroeng00wardgoog)
 * note domed pistons on 300hp V12, page 235
 * another scans of this publication:
 * http://www.archive.org/details/textbookaeroeng00shergoog
 * http://www.archive.org/details/textbookaeroeng01wardgoog (some pictures missing)


 * Marks, Lionel S. - The airplane engine, 1922 (http://www.archive.org/download/airplaneengine00markrich/airplaneengine00markrich.pdf)
 * provides some data about Renault 400 hp V12


 * Dyke, Andrew Lee - Dyke's automobile and gasoline engine encyclopedia, 1920,page 922 (http://www.archive.org/details/dykesautomobile00dykegoog)
 * provides some data about Renault 125mm x 160mm V12


 * www.finemodelworks.com pictures, unknown source
 * http://www.finemodelworks.com/arizona-models/reference/Aircraft_Fittings/Engines/French/Renault/Renault_V12_220hp_End_X.jpg
 * http://www.finemodelworks.com/arizona-models/reference/Aircraft_Fittings/Engines/French/Renault/Renault_V12_220hp_Side_X.jpg
 * note domed pistons on 200hp?/220hp V12


 * www.nationalmuseum.af.mil, picture of Renault 12F (http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=855)


 * www.enginehistory.org, picture of Renault 12F (http://www.enginehistory.org/Museums/LeBourget/leborget.htm)


 * George Owen Squier - "Aeronautics in the United States at the signing of the armistice November 11, 1918", 1919, page 13 (http://www.archive.org/download/aeronauticsinuni00squirich/aeronauticsinuni00squirich.pdf)
 * page 13 lists the Renault 300 bhp 12 cylinder engine with a weight of 849 lbs (385 kg)


 * Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, Nr. 47, 25. November 1917, page 29 (german, AUH magazine)
 * http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=aaz&datum=19171125&seite=29&zoom=2
 * note domed pistons on V12, 245hp
 * a similar article in "The Automobile", May 24 1917, page 996 (http://books.google.at/books?id=sotMAAAAYAAJ)
 * propeller geared down
 * table of comperative speeds/climb of 6 european airplanes is also given. Three (unidentified) 245hp airplanes listed.


 * Henry Woodhouse - Textbook of applied aeronautic engineering, 1920, page 125 (http://www.archive.org/details/textbookofapplie00woodrich)
 * page 125 shows installation of a water cooled 190 hp Renault (1550-1600 rpm) in an A.R.1
 * page 127: [A.R.1] "The exhaust gases are carried outwards to each side through short collectors. With the older motors the exhaust from both rows of cylinders was carried inwards to a common collector carrying up [...]"
 * also many other good drawings ow ww1 and post war aeroplanes


 * J.F. Lehmann - Jahrbuch der Luftfahrt, Band 1, 1910 (http://books.google.com/books?id=zy8XAQAAIAAJ)
 * Renault water cooled 4 cylinder inline engine depicted on page 199

Renault 90/120mm V8 (2 fans, ca. 1908)

 * Ueber die Konstruktion der Flugmotoren., Der Motorwagen 1908 Volume 1, pages 269-281
 * Renault engine (90/120mm, 2 fans, 130kg), estimated 42hp, pictures


 * Fritz Huth, Luftfahrzeugbau: Konstruktion von Luftschiffen und Flugmaschinen, 2. Auflage 1910
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=gq1XAAAAYAAJ
 * pages 242-246 describe and depict an early fan cooled (2 fans) Renault v-8 engine
 * 90/120mm, 130kg, propeller mounted to crankshaft

Renault 35 hp V8 (ca. 1911)

 * Der Pariser Aero-Salon 1911, Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung 1911, page 12 (http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=aaz&datum=19111224&seite=12&zoom=2)
 * Picture of Renault V-8, 35 hp, 100 kg
 * Note Y-type cylinder mountings


 * Paris Aero Show, Flight, 1912 Jan 13, page 28
 * Renault 35 hp 1912 picture

Renault 45-55 hp V8 (90mm x 120mm), c.1909

 * THE FIRST PARIS AERONAUTICAL SALON - ENGINES FOR AEROPLANES, Flight 1909 (Jan 16 and 23), pages 33-35 46-49
 * lists 45hp@1500rpm Renault V8 aircooled, 90mm/120mm, 145 kg, 40 hp R.A.C. rating
 * 45hp Renault V8 air cooled picture and short description (page 46)
 * details from picture (page 46) propeller driven off camshaft, flat crankcase w/o traversing mounting tubes, conical fan housing, carburetor on top centrally, exhaust pipes facing down


 * AERO-MOTORS AT OLYMPIA, Flight 1909 (Apr 3 and 10), pages 193-197 205-208
 * Table lists 50hp Renault V8 air-cooled, 90mm/120mm, 1600rpm, 264 lbs (ca 120 kg), 520£
 * 50hp Renault V8 air cooled picture and description (page 207)
 * details from picture (page 207) propeller driven off camshaft, flat crankcase w/o traversing mounting tubes, conical fan housing, carburetor on top centrally, exhaust pipes facing down


 * The aero manual, 1st Ed, 1909, Compiled by the staff of 'The Motor'
 * pages 152-153 depict and describe Renault fan cooled V8
 * 55hp@1800rpm, 375 lbs (ca 170 kg) in running order w/o fuel, 90mm x 120mm
 * two rows of cylinders slightly offset, rods side by side on crankpin


 * Hayward, Charles B. - Aeronautical motor, 1912
 * lists a 45-55 hp air cooled Renault V8 on pages 392-395
 * bore stroke 3.5in/4.7in (ca. 90mm/120mm), 374 lbs (ca 170 kg), rated 45-55 hp @ 1500rpm(=normal speed)-1800 rpm, 58 hp on tests
 * details (Fig. 34): offset cylinders, carburetor centrally on top, integrated oil pump (driven by camshaft) on fan end
 * Tabuteau won $20,000 Michelin prize 1910 with this engine
 * google scan, sans pictures, pages 50-51

Renault 50-60 hp V8 (90mm x 120mm), c.1910

 * THE SECOND OLYMPIA AERO SHOW, Flight 1910, page 193 (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1910/1910%20-%200197.html)
 * https://archive.org/details/Flight_International_Magazine_1910-03-12-pdf/page/n21/mode/2up
 * Table lists 50hp V8 and 25 hp V4, both aircooled 90mm/120mm


 * Georges. Lumet, Les moteurs d'aviation, 1910 (mdp.39015021080687)
 * also http://books.google.at/books?id=AG_VAAAAMAAJ
 * 3h test data of 60ch vee-8 motor on page 14 (90/120mm, 179.3kg, rpm, consumption etc)
 * drawing of 60ch fan cooled vee-8 motor on page 76 shows rods side by side on crankpin
 * details of drwaing: offset cylinders, 'double' oil pan, integrated oil pump (driven by camshaft) on fan end
 * Renault 4 cylinder engine also listed


 * Taris, Berthier - Les Moteurs d'aviation (http://issuu.com/dante13/docs/aviation/1), 1912
 * describes and depicts the air cooled Renault 60 hp V8 engine (90/120mm), traversing mounting tubes, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k56960973/f259.item
 * also air cooled Renault V4 engine (90/120mm), https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k56960973/f60.item
 * also NAG 120hp 150/130mm


 * Lougheed, Victor - Vehicles of the air, 1911 (http://www.archive.org/details/vehiclesairpopular00lougrich)
 * 1st Edition 1909, 2nd Ed. 1910 (http://www.archive.org/details/airpopvehiclesof00lougrich)
 * 2nd Ed: detailed photo of air cooled Renault V8 on page 278(fig. 114), probably 45-55hp or 50-60hp 90mm x 120mm
 * 2nd Ed: photo of Renault engines installed on an early Breguet plane: |page 230 (fig. 98)
 * 2nd Ed: air cooled Fiat engine on page 280(fig. 115)


 * L'Aerophile 1911
 * Biplan M. Farman with Renault 50/60 hp https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65523525/f133.item
 * Breguet L.1 with Renault 50/60 hp https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65523525/f482.item
 * Dorand with 60hp Renault https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6551974h/f13.item (next page also one with 70hp Renault)

Renault 90/100 hp V12

 * Airplane Engine Encyclopedia, Angle Glenn, 1921
 * page 414 lists Renault air cooled V12 engines
 * 90 hp V12@60°, 90/140mm, 638 lbs
 * 100 hp V12@60°, 96/140mm, 1800rpm, 639 lbs (ca 290 kg), depicted (double carburetor mounted on one side centrally)
 * 130 hp V12@90°, 105/130mm (same dimensions as Renault 80 hp V8, see Renault 130 hp V12)


 * Description, pictures in L'Aerophile (1912-10): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6551984w/f23.image
 * 2nd and 4th in the meeting d'hydroaeroplanes de Saint-Malo
 * 95mm x 140mm V12@60°,100hp, 1800rpm/900rpm, 290kg
 * double carburetor mounted on one side centrally


 * Description and Drawing (1913-1914), 5e Exposition Internationale de Locomotion Aérienne vom 5.-25. Dez.1913., Ansbert Vorreiter, Zeitschrift für Flugtechnik und Motorluftschiffahrt, Vol.5 1914, pages 67-67 and 82-85
 * drawings fig.90-91 (page 67-68): stroke/bore ratio around 1.55-1.60, closer to 90mm x 140mm (90hp!) than to 96mm x 140mm
 * fig.94-98 on page 69 show details of carburetor and ignition
 * pages 82 and 85 (table): normal Renault 70hp V8 engine, 96mm x 120mm, also available without cooling fan
 * pages 82 and 85 (table): new Renault 100hp V12 engine, 96mm x 140mm, with articlulated rods
 * pages 82 and 85 (table): De Dion-Bouton 80hp V8 engine, 106mm x 120mm, separate reduction gear for propeller shaft, because usage of camshaft is patented


 * Description and Drawing (1914-03): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65188992/f7.item
 * drawing: stroke/bore ratio around 1.55, closer to 90mm x 140mm (90hp!) than to 96mm x 140mm


 * Description, pictures of 70hp, 100/110hp in L'Aerophile (1914-05): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65850858/f27.item
 * good resolution photo of Renault 100/110hp (same as 1912-10): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65850858/f31.item
 * also nice measured drawing of Renault 70hp, good resolution picture on following page


 * L'Aeronautique, 1914, picture of 100hp Renault: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9809921t/f316.item


 * Aeronautics, v.14 1914, page 36
 * text describes 70hp and 100hp Renault


 * Listed in L'Aerophile (1919-12): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6551947m/f360

Renault 130 hp V12

 * DIE DEUTSCHE LUFT-KRIEGSBEUTE-AUSSTELLUNG., Dipl.-Ing. Roland Eisenlohr., Deutsche Luftfahrt v.21 1917; no.3-4 p.18-20, no.5-6 p.13-19, no.7-8 p.13-15
 * no.3-4 p.18-20: Nieuport
 * no.5-6 p.15: depiction of Farman F.40 nacelle with 'Renault 120PS' engine, description on page 17
 * another photo of the same Farman at the Delka: https://www.flickr.com/photos/varese2002/14717719887/in/photostream/
 * no.5-6 p.13-19: B.E.12, F.E.2b, Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter, Farman, Voisin, Caudron G.4. (the one with the harlekin emblem)
 * no.7-8 p.13-15: Sopwith Tabloid, F.B.A.

De Dion 80hp, 130hp

 * LIGHT DE DION ENGINES, Flight 1909, page 827 (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1909/1909%20-%200825.html)
 * liquid cooled engines


 * ENGINES FOR DIRIGIBLES, Flight 1909, page 793 (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1909/1909%20-%200791.html)
 * De Dion V engines mentioned


 * Salon aéronautique de 1912 : Moteur De Dion 80 HP : 8 cylindres (gallica, photographie de presse)
 * crankcase differs slightly from later variants


 * Airplane Engine Encyclopedia, Angle Glenn, 1921 page 165
 * De Dion 80hp air cooled V8, 1700rpm, 465 lbs, 100/120mm (3.94/4.72in), 460.4 cu in
 * picture (seems to be the same as from gallica)


 * Aeronautical Engines. A. Graham Clark. Flight, December 14, 1912, page 1176
 * Table lists De Dion 80hp V8 engine, 100/120mm, 1700rpm, 55.7bhp@1200rpm, 484 lbs (ca. 220kg)


 * Flight, August 2, 1913, page 857
 * 3 photos of De Dion 80 hp V8 engine, 100/120mm
 * Erratum: De Dion V8 on new Maurice Farman biplane is 80 hp, not 120 hp engine


 * Aero engines at Paris Show, 1913. Flight, January 31, 1914, page 121
 * De Dion: some description


 * Aeronautics, No. 4 February 1914, page 52
 * Engines from Paris Aeronautical Salon
 * De Dion 80hp air cooled V8, 1,800rpm, 465 lbs, 106/120mm air cooled V8 (4 3/16 in x 4 3/4 in)
 * picture, slightly different looking from 1912 (gallica) version (readable inscription on crankcase: DE DION BOUTON)


 * Les Moteurs d'Aviation 14-18
 * depicts V8 De Dion Bouton "78 HP" with MF 11
 * note: also depicts front cover of Renault Type 110 chevaux manual

List of Renault Aero Engines (WIP)

 * Renault A?
 * 1908 V8 à 90° type 8 A de 50 ch Breguet, Witzig, Busson 6 litres refroidi par air 15 (Hartmann)
 * 1909 V8 à 90° type 8 Aa de 60 ch Biplans Champel, Sommer Régime porté à 1800 t. 30 (Hartmann)
 * 1909 V8 à 90° type 8 Ab de 70 ch Biplans Sanchez-Besa, Astra Alésage porté à 96 mm 100 (Hartmann)
 * Renault 8B,	 8 cyl V90°:
 * 1910 V4 à 90° type 4 B de 20 ch Destiné aux monoplans 3 litres refroidi par air 5 (Hartmann)
 * 1911 V8 à 90° type 8 B de 30 ch Destine aux monoplans Alésage réduit 70 mm 10 (Hartmann)
 * Renault 8C, 	 8 cyl V90°:	8C 70ch*, 8Ca 80ch* (*Hartmann)
 * 1912 V8 à 90° type 8 C de 70 ch Biplans M Farman Nouvelles culasses 1 100 (F) 230 (GB) (Hartmann)
 * 1913 V8 à 90° type 8 Ca 80 ch Appareils britanniques Alésage 105 mm 2 206 (GB) (Hartmann)
 * Renault 12D,	12 cyl V90°:	12D 90ch*, 12Da 100ch*, 12Db 120ch*/130hp+,	12Dc 130ch	(*Hartmann, +Brussels museum)
 * 1911 V12 à 50° type 12 D 90 ch Biplans Breguet, M Farman Nouvel embiellage 130 (Hartmann)
 * 1912 V12 à 50° type 12 Da 100 ch Victoire à Saint-Malo 1912 Carburateur à filtres 35 (Hartmann)
 * 1913 V12 à 50° type 12 Da 110 ch Saison des courses 1913 Moteur allégé 12 (Hartmann)
 * 1913 V12 à 50° type 12 Db 120 ch MF-11, Caudron R4 Renaux à Deauville 1 800 (Hartmann)
 * 1914 V12 à 50° type 12 Dc 130 ch Biplans MF-11 et F.40, Caudron R-19 Moteur de 19 litres refroidi par air 2 900 (Hartmann)
 * Renault 12E,	12 cyl V50°:	12E 200ch*, 12Eb 220ch*, 12Ec 235ch*	(*Hartmann)
 * 1915 V12 à 50° type 12 E 200 ch Bombardier Paul Schmitt Refroidissement à eau 60 (Hartmann)
 * 1916 V12 à 50° type 12 Eb 220 ch Breguet-Michelin type 5 B2 Programme M4 550 (Hartmann)
 * 1917 V12 à 50° type 12 Ec 235 ch Breguet-Michelin type 5 Ca2 Programme M4 550 (Hartmann)
 * Renault 12F,	12 cyl V50°:	12F 250ch*, 12Fb 265ch*, 12Fc 280ch*, Fe 300ch*/320ch*	(*Hartmann)
 * 1916 V12 à 50° type 12 F 250 ch Breguet XIV prototype Mot. d’homologation 12 (Hartmann)
 * 1917 V12 à 50° type 12 Fb 265 ch Paul Schmitt type 7 Version série du SBR * 125 (Hartmann)
 * 1917 V12 à 50° type 12 Fc 280 ch Breguet 14 A2 Versions 1917 450 (Hartmann)
 * 1917 V12 à 50° type 12 Fe 300 à 320 ch Voisin 10, Breguet 14 A2 et B2, Breguet 16 Bn2, hydravion Lévy-Besson, Potez 15, Farman 60, 61 et 70, Latécoère 14, 16 et 17 Plus grande série jamais construite chez Renault, essais turbocompresseur Rateau 5 300 (Hartmann)
 * Renault 8G,	 8 cyl V50°:	8G 140ch*, 8Ga 150ch*, 8Gb 160ch*, 8Gc 175ch*, 8Gd 190ch*, 8Ge 200ch* (*Hartmann)
 * 1913 V8 à 90° type 8 G 140 ch Farman F 40 Moteur de 12 litres refroidi par eau 5 (Hartmann)
 * 1914 V8 à 90° type 8 Ga 150 ch Farman F.40 Appareils français 200 (Hartmann)
 * 1915 V8 à 90° type 8 Gb 160 ch Farman F.40 Appareils britanniques 300 (Hartmann)
 * 1916 V8 à 90° type 8 Gc de 175 ch Farman 40 Premières versions 20 (Hartmann)
 * 1917 V8 à 50° type 8 Gd 190 ch Dorand AR1, Farman 80 120 (Hartmann)
 * 1918 V8 à 90° type 8 Ge 200 ch Dorand AR2 Dernier V8 Renault 160 (Hartmann)

Dimensions from Renault engines according to sources (WIP)
Renault, air cooled:

Renault, liquid cooled:

De Dion:

Sources:
 * [FLPARIS13]: Flight 1914, Aero Engines at Paris Show 1913, pages 121/191/192, http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1914/1914%20-%200192.html
 * [FLPARIS12]: Flight 1912, Aero Motors Exhibited at the Paris Aero Salon, http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1912/1912%20-%201080.html
 * [FLCLARK12]: Aeronautical Engines, A. Graham Clark, Flight 1912/1913, pages 1175-, http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1912/1912%20-%201175.html
 * [FLOLYMP13]: Flight 1913, The Engines at Olympia, page 230, http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1913/1913%20-%200224.html
 * [FLOLYMP14]: Flight 1914, Aeronautical Engines at Olympia 1914, http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1914/1914%20-%200269.html
 * [AZPARIS09]: Allgemine Automobil-Zeitung 1909, http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=aaz&datum=19091003&seite=31&zoom=2
 * [AZPARIS10]: Allgemine Automobil-Zeitung 1910, http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=aaz&datum=19101023&seite=8&zoom=2
 * [FLDDION13]: De Dion engine picture, Flight 1913, page 857, http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1913/1913%20-%200831.html
 * [MARTINO18]: Cpt. C. Martinot-Lagarde, Les moteurs d'aviation 1918, page 122-
 * [HUTH10]:   Fritz Huth, Luftfahrzeugbau: Konstruktion von Luftschiffen und Flugmaschinen, 2. Auflage 1910, http://books.google.com/books?id=gq1XAAAAYAAJ
 * [HUPPERT13]: Siegmund Huppert, Leitfaden der Flugtechnik, 1913 (http://books.google.com/books?id=d7NFAAAAMAAJ)
 * [CHORLTN21]: Aero Engines, Chorlton A E L, 1921, Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Volume 33 Issue 4, pp 738
 * [SA1671S08]: Gasoline Motors for Aeronautical Work, Scientific American Supplement No. 1671, 1908, pp 28
 * [MCCOULL15]: MacCoull Neil, Table of the principle specifications of aeroplane engines, Aerial Age Weekly, Volume 1, 1915, pp 498

Other
ad. Farman F 40:
 * list of Farman types with engines listed: http://www.aviafrance.com/constructeur.php?ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=501

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