Antoinette 8V Explained

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. 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.^[1]

Specifications (Antoinette 8V)

Data for: Antoinette 8V^[1]

References

1. Engine Data Sheets - Mechanical Data tables
2. Specifications: Antoinette 8V

External links

• Old Machine Press page on Antoinette (Levavasseur) aircraft engines

Notes and References

1. Web site: Antoinette 8V. Boucher. W.I.. www.wwiaviation.com. 12 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20151227193011/http://wwiaviation.com/engines/Antoinette.html. 27 December 2015. dead.