The Clerget 7Z was a seven-cylinder rotary aircraft engine of the World War I era designed by Pierre Clerget. First appearing in 1913 it was nominally rated at 80 horsepower (60 kW). In addition to the 600 engines built in France by Clerget-Blin, 347 examples were built under license in Britain by Gordon Watney & Co Ltd of Weybridge and Gwynnes Limited of Hammersmith.Lumsden 2003, p. 133.
Applications Avro 504 Beardmore W.B.III Bristol S.S.A. Caudron G.4 Mosca-Bystritsky MBbis Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8a Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4 Sopwith Pup Weymann W-1
Specifications (Clerget 7Z)
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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. .