User:MikWes/Renault 60 hp V-8

Precursors of the engine (move to separate article)
The first precursor of the Renault 50/60 hp engine was an air-cooled V-8 engine of approximately 40 - 45 hp presented on the Salon de l’Automobile 1907, which has been intended for aircraft and dirigibles and was cooled by two separate fans on both ends of the engine.


 * TODO: variant with single fan, propeller shaft below.. (date, hp etc)
 * e.g. Le Génie Civil, vol 55 1909, p. 127 + plates
 * (Henri) Farman II (The Flying Fish, Voisin), 35 hp Renault V-8 ref. par air, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k96036698/f9.item, La Vie au grand air, 29 Feb. 1908, pp. 134-135

Timeline

 * 1908: variant with single fan, plain fan housing
 * Le 10eme Anniversaire des Renault, La Vie au grand air, 29 Nov. 1908, pp. 366-367


 * 1908/09: variant with single fan, conical fan housing (date, hp etc)
 * 1st Paris Aeronautical Salon 24-30 December 1908, https://archive.org/details/Flight_International_Magazine_1909-01-23-pdf/page/n1/mode/2up
 * Le Moteurs extra-légers et Aeroplanes, La Vie au grand air, 2 Jan. 1909, pp. 18-19
 * London Olympia Motor show 19 March 1909, Flight pages 193 and 207, 50 hp, 1600 rpm
 * 1909 version with oil pan / oil pump on back of oil pan
 * Le moteur d'aviation Renault, La Vie au grand air, 21 Aug. 1909, p. 134, 60 hp, winner of A.C.F motor competition, Breguet Airplane, also shows variant with propeller shaft below crankcase
 * Le Salon de l'Aeronautique - Le moteur Renault, La Vie au grand air, 2 Oct. 1909, p. 258
 * Le Salon de l'Aeronautique - Le moteur Renault, La Vie au grand air, 2 Oct. 1909, p. 258


 * 1909 vertical mounts
 * (Salon)
 * (Test stand)
 * (Breguet, Semaine de Reims)


 * 1910 transverse mounts (steel tubes)
 * (Salon)
 * (Test stand)
 * (Test stand)
 * (Test stand)
 * (advert, July 1911)


 * 1911 cast lower engine case
 * 

Applications

 * Bréguet Type I (flown at Grande Semaine d'Aviation 1909, 55hp, 1800 rpm according to https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9804569q/f86.item)
 * Bréguet Type II
 * Bréguet L.1
 * Biplan M. Farman (Grand Prix Michelin 1911)
 * French Wright biplane