The Gnome 7 Lambda was a French designed, seven-cylinder,

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rotary

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that was produced under license in Britain and Germany. Powering several

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-era aircraft types it was claimed to produce from its capacity of although recorded figures are lower.Lumsden 2003, p. 151. Just under 1,000 units were produced in Britain, the majority (967) by the

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. A 14-cylinder variant was known as the Gnome 14 Lambda-Lambda. In Germany

Motorenfabrik Oberursel Motorenfabrik Oberursel A.G. was a German manufacturer of automobile, locomotive and aircraft engines situated in Oberursel (Taunus), near Frankfurt (Main), Germany. During World War I it supplied a major 100 hp-class rotary engine that was us ...

license-built the seven-cylinder engine as the Oberursel U.0 and later copied the 14-cylinder design and designated it as the Oberursel U.III.

Variants

;Gnome 7 Lambda :Seven-cylinder, single-row rotary engine. ;Gnome 7 Lambda (long stroke) :Increased

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of to raise the

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to 3.87:1, and total displacement to . ;Gnome 14 Double Lambda :14-cylinder, two-row rotary engine using Lambda cylinders. . ;Motorenfabrik Oberursel U.0 :German production of the Gnome 7 Lambda – had a cylinder bore and piston stroke for a total displacement of , external diameter of . ;Motorenfabrik Oberursel U.III: :German production of the Gnome 14 Double Lambda

Applications

''List from Lumsden'' Sopwith Tabloid RAFM

Gnome 7 Lambda

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Blackburn Type I The Blackburn Type I was a single-engine civil two-seat monoplane built in the United Kingdom in 1913. Three were produced and used for flying demonstrations and training including seaplane pilotage. Development The first Type I was built to ...

* Borel hydro-monoplane *

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* Bristol Gordon England G.E.3 * Bristol-Coanda Monoplanes * Bristol Coanda T.B.8 * Bristol Coanda P.B.8 *

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Caudron G.III The Caudron G.3 was a single-engined French sesquiplane built by Caudron, widely used in World War I as a reconnaissance aircraft and trainer. Development The Caudron G.3 was designed by René and Gaston Caudron as a development of their earlie ...

Deperdussin Type B The 1910 Deperdussin monoplane was the first aircraft to be built in significant quantities by Aéroplanes Deperdussin. The type was produced in a number of variants which were flown successfully in air races and gained several records during 1 ...

Dunne D.8 The Dunne D.8 of 1912 was a tailless swept wing biplane, designed by J. W. Dunne to have inherent stability. One example was supplied to RAE Farnborough. License-built Burgess-Dunne models were used by the US Signal Corps and United States ...

* Henry Farman F.20 *

Grahame-White Type XV The Grahame White Type XV was a military trainer biplane produced in the United Kingdom before and during World War I. It is often referred to as the Box-kite, although this name more properly describes the Grahame-White Type XII, an earlier a ...

* London & Provincial 4 *

Lowe Marlburian __NOTOC__ The Lowe Marlburian was a 1920s British two-seat monoplane design by F. Harold Lowe. Design and development The Marlburian was a two-seat braced monoplane powered by a Gnome A gnome is a mythological creature and diminutive sp ...

* Nieuport IVG *

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* Radley-England Waterplane * Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.3 * Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.4 *

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Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4 The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4 was a single-engined, single seat biplane designed and built at the Royal Aircraft Factory just prior to the start of the First World War. Intended to be as fast as possible, it recorded a speed of 135 mph ...

* Short S.37 *

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Short S.41 The Short S.41 was a British single-engined biplane built for the Royal Navy in 1912. Capable of being operated either on wheels or floats, it was successful enough for a further two similar aircraft to be built, with the type remaining in us ...

* Short S.60 * Short S.70 * Sikorsky S-7 * Sopwith Gordon Bennett Racer *

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* Vickers No.8 Monoplane

Gnome 14 Lambda-Lambda

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* Paul Schmitt P.S.3 *

Short S.63 The Short Admiralty Type 81 was a series of United Kingdom, British two-seat floatplanes built prior to the First World War, and used by the Royal Naval Air Service in the early years of the war. They were powered by Gnome Lambda-Lambda 14 cyl ...

* Short S.64 * Short S.70 *

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Short S.81 __NOTOC__ The Short S.81 was an experimental British gun-carrying pusher biplane seaplane, ordered from Short Brothers by the British Admiralty in 1913 for use by the Royal Naval Air Service. The seaplane, manufacturers serial number S.81, w ...

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Survivors

An original Gnome 7 Lambda engine is installed in the

replica aircraft on display in the

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hall of the

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.RAF Museum – Sopwith Tabloid replica history
Retrieved: 11 November 2010.

Specifications (Gnome 7 Lambda)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* Lumsden, Alec. ''British Piston Engines and their Aircraft''. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. . {{Oberursel aeroengines Air-cooled aircraft piston engines 1910s aircraft piston engines

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