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The Gnome-Rhône 7K Titan Major was a seven-cylinder 370 hp (270 kW) air-cooled radial engine, that started life as an enlarged Gnome-Rhône 5K with two extra cylinders.

7K
Type Radial engine
Manufacturer Gnome et Rhône

Development


The Gnome-Rhône 5K was itself a licensed version of the Bristol Titan. The 7K is very comparable to the Bristol Neptune seven-cylinder engine since they used the same technology.[1] The 7K was followed by the larger and more powerful nine-cylinder 550 hp (405 kW) Gnome-Rhône 9K Mistral. Gnome-Rhône later responded to the need for a more powerful engine by developing the 7K into a two-row version that became the Gnome-Rhône14K Mistral Major.


Variants


IAM K7
Licence production in Yugoslavia by Industrija Aeroplanskih Motora- Rakovica (IAM).
IAR 7K
Licence production in Romania by Industria Aeronautică Română (IAR).

Applications


A Nationalist China Breda Ba.28, powered by a Piaggio-built Gnome-Rhône 7K
A Nationalist China Breda Ba.28, powered by a Piaggio-built Gnome-Rhône 7K

Specifications (7Kd)


Data from [2]

General characteristics

Components

Performance


See also


Related development

Comparable engines

Related lists


References



Notes


  1. Gunston 1989, p.74.
  2. Moteurs Gnome-Rhône series K (PDF) (in Spanish). Paris: Société Des Moteurs Gnome-Rhône. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.

Bibliography



На других языках


- [en] Gnome-Rhône 7K

[it] Gnome-Rhône 7K

Lo Gnome-Rhône 7K "Titan Major" motore aeronautico radiale a 7 cilindri facente parte di una famiglia di motori denominata "serie K" che la casa francese Gnome-Rhône realizzò sviluppando il progetto del britannico Bristol Titan a 5 cilindri che produceva su licenza. La serie comprendeva anche lo Gnome-Rhône 5K Titan a 5 cilindri, il 9K Mistral a 9 cilindri ed il 14K Mistral Major a 14 cilindri. Questi motori erano caratterizzati dalla modularità del progetto, ovvero dalla intercambiabilità dei principali componenti meccanici quali l'albero a gomito, i cilindri completi, i pistoni, gli alberi ed coperchio posteriore. In questo modo si poteva realizzare una gamma di motori che potessero occupare più fasce di potenza contenendo costi di produzione e magazzino.

[ru] Гном-Рон 7K Titan Major

Гном-Рон 7K Titan Major — французский поршневой звездообразный 7-цилиндровый авиадвигатель воздушного охлаждения 1930-х годов.



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