Rolls-Royce Eagle engine family

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Rolls-Royce aircraft engine aircraft piston engine family

The Rolls-Royce Eagle engine family is a series of early British aircraft piston engines developed by Rolls-Royce during World War I, notable for powering several important military and civil aircraft of the era.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Rolls-Royce Eagle engine	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Rolls-Royce aircraft engine ⓘ aircraft piston engine family ⓘ
application	airliners ⓘ bombers ⓘ flying boats ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
bore	114 mm (typical early variants) ⓘ
category	Rolls-Royce piston engines NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I aircraft piston engines ⓘ
coolingSystem	liquid-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
cylinderArrangement	60-degree V ⓘ
cylinderCount	12 ⓘ
designer	Henry Royce NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedDuring	World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
displacement	about 20.3 litres (early variants) ⓘ
engineConfiguration	V-12 ⓘ
era	early 20th century ⓘ
firstRun	1915 ⓘ
fuelType	gasoline ⓘ
ignitionSystem	dual magneto ⓘ
introduced	1915 ⓘ
legacy	established Rolls-Royce reputation in aero engines ⓘ
manufacturer	Rolls-Royce Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOfSeries	Rolls-Royce Eagle I NERFINISHED ⓘ Rolls-Royce Eagle II NERFINISHED ⓘ Rolls-Royce Eagle III NERFINISHED ⓘ Rolls-Royce Eagle IV NERFINISHED ⓘ Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAircraftPowered	Airco DH.4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Felixstowe F.2A NERFINISHED ⓘ Handley Page O/400 NERFINISHED ⓘ Vickers Vimy NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEventAssociated	first non-stop transatlantic flight by Alcock and Brown in 1919 (Vickers Vimy) ⓘ
notableFor	powering early long-distance civil flights ⓘ powering several important British military aircraft of World War I ⓘ
powerOutput	approximately 225 hp (Eagle I) ⓘ approximately 360 hp (Eagle VIII) ⓘ
productionPeriod	1915–1920s ⓘ
stroke	165 mm (typical early variants) ⓘ
successor	Rolls-Royce Condor NERFINISHED ⓘ Rolls-Royce Kestrel NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Flying Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Naval Air Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInConflict	World War I ⓘ
usedInRole	civil aviation ⓘ military aviation ⓘ
valvetrain	overhead camshaft ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rolls-Royce Eagle → family → Rolls-Royce Eagle engine family ⓘ

Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII V-12 piston engine → family → Rolls-Royce Eagle engine family ⓘ

subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII

Henry Royce → notableWork → Rolls-Royce Eagle engine family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Eagle engine