The Bentley BR.1 was a British rotary aircraft engine of the First World War. Designed by the motor car engine designer W. O. Bentley, BR.1s powered the...

by various rotary engines, most commonly either the Clerget 9B or the Bentley BR1. In order to evade a potential manufacturing bottleneck being imposed...

kW/kg (0.341 hp/lb) Clerget aircraft engines Related development Bentley BR1 Bentley BR2 Comparable engines Gnome Monosoupape Le Rhône 9J Related lists...

implement Bentley's more important suggestions the Navy gave him a team to design his own aero engine at the Humber factory in Coventry. Designated the BR1, Bentley...

seven-cylinder Gnome designs with inlet valve in piston crown) Comparable engines Bentley BR1 Clerget 7Z Clerget 9B Le Rhône 9J Oberursel U.I Related lists List of...

with a dedicated section on the work of Frank Whittle. Alvis Leonides Bentley BR1 Rolls-Royce Griffon Armstrong Siddeley Mamba Armstrong Siddeley Double...

pistons and are believed to have been designed by W. O. Bentley while he was working on the Bentley BR1 rotary engine in Coventry. Daimler made more twelve-inch...

who had worked with W.O. during the war producing the aero engines BR1 and BR2. Bentley did not deliver complete vehicles, but—as was customary—provided...

135 hp (100 kW) at 1,350 rpm Compression ratio: 5:1 Comparable engines Bentley BR1 Clerget 9B Gnome Monosoupape Related lists List of aircraft engines Hartmann...

December 1921, at which time the engine was up-rated from the Bentley BR1 to the Bentley BR2. Flight trials in the open started in May 1924, however in...