The Antoinette 8V was an early French eight-cylinder, liquid-cooled, V engine, the first series production gasoline-fueled manifold injection engine with spark plug ignition of any kind. It was typically rated at .
The engine was designed in 1902 by Léon Levavasseur with financial backing by Jules Gastambide, named after Gastambide's daughter. On 28 August 1902, Levavasseur applied for a secret patent which became public on 28 August 1903 and was granted French patent no 399,068 on 30 September 1904.
From 1904 through 1906, Levavasseur’s engines powered a number of motorboats that achieved various distance speed records. They were built as V16 or V24, too.
The V8 was used on a number of early French aircraft, including Alberto Santos Dumont's 14 Bis of 1906 and the Antoinette company's own Antoinette VII.
Specifications (Antoinette 8V) Data for: Antoinette 8V
See also
References
Engine Data Sheets - Mechanical Data tables Specifications: Antoinette 8V
External links
Old Machine Press page on Antoinette (Levavasseur) aircraft engines