Le Rhône 9C
- Date
- 1913 · confidence low
- Place
- Paris, France
- Credited to
- Louis Verdet and the Société des Moteurs Le Rhône (c. 1913)
- Field
- Movement
What it is
Nine-cylinder, 80-hp rotary aircraft engine made by Société des Moteurs Le Rhône and fitted to many military aircraft in the First World War, also built under license in several countries.
What it led to
- propulsion of Allied fighters and trainer aircraft in WWI
- licensed production in Britain, Italy, Sweden, and the US
- derivative radial engines in the 1920s
- advances in rotary aviation engines