The RAF 2 was a British
air-cooled
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, nine-cylinder
radial
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* Radial distance (geometry), a directional coordinate in a polar coordinate system
* Radial set
* A ...
engine developed for
aircraft
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use just prior to
World War I
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; it was designed and built by the
Royal Aircraft Factory
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.
[Gunston, 1989, p. 156.]
Applications
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Specifications (RAF 2)
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
* Gunston, Bill. ''World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines''. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989.
* Lumsden, Alec. ''British Piston Engines and their Aircraft''. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .
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