The Antoinette 8V was an early French eight-cylinder, liquid-cooled, V engine, the first series production gasoline-fueled, spark plug ignition engine of any kind produced with
manifold injection
Manifold injection is a mixture formation system for internal combustion engines with external mixture formation. It is commonly used in engines with spark ignition that use petrol as fuel, such as the Otto cycle, Otto engine, and the Wankel engine ...
. It was typically rated at . First produced in 1906 it was used on a number of early French aircraft, including
Alberto Santos Dumont's
14 Bis and the Antoinette company's own
Antoinette VII.
Specifications (Antoinette 8V)
''Data for'': Antoinette 8V
See also
References
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Engine Data Sheets - Mechanical Data tables#
External links
Old Machine Press page on Antoinette (Levavasseur) aircraft engines
{{Antoinette aircraft and aero engines
1900s aircraft piston engines