Renault 80 hp

80 hp/Type WS
Renault 80 hp at the Canada Aviation Museum
Type Air-cooled V-8 piston engine
National origin France
Manufacturer Renault
First run 1914
Major applications Airco DH.6
Number built 2,216[1]
Developed from Renault 70 hp

The Renault 80 hp, or Type WS in British service, was a V-8 aero engine that first ran in 1914. The engine was manufactured in Britain by Renault Limited of West Brompton, London between August 1914 and December 1918, seven other companies, including Rolls-Royce and Brazil Straker,[2] also produced the engine.[3] The Renault V-8 engines were noted as inefficient but reliable, the inefficiency being mainly due to the excessively rich fuel/air mixture used to assist cooling.[4]

Applications

Engines on display

A preserved Renault 80 hp is on display at the Canada Aviation Museum. Another one is undergoing restoration at the Museo Nacional de Aeronautica in Morón -Buenos Aires-Argentina

Specifications (80 hp)

Data from Lumsden [3]

General characteristics

Components

Performance

See also

Related development


Related lists

References

Notes

  1. British production
  2. Gunston, Bill (1998). Fedden. Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust. pp. 35–37. ISBN 1-872922-13-9. Historical Series No26.
  3. 1 2 Lumsden 2003, p. 181
  4. Gunston 1989, p. 135.

Bibliography

  • 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.
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