Renault 6P
| Company type | Aircraft engine |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | Late 1920s |
| Founder | Charles-Edmond Serre (engine designer) |
| Products | Air-cooled six-cylinder inverted inline aircraft engines |
| Parent | Renault |
The Renault 6P, frequently referred to as the Renault Bengali, represents a family of French-made air-cooled six-cylinder inverted inline aircraft engines produced from the late 1920s. These powerplants delivered outputs ranging from to .
Design and development
Following Charles Lindbergh's notable 1927 transatlantic flight, Renault sought to broaden its portfolio by entering the light aircraft engine market. This initiative led to the creation of the 6P series, which extended the design of the Renault 4P four-cylinder engine by incorporating two additional cylinders maintaining identical bore and stroke dimensions.
Engineered by Charles-Edmond Serre, the 6P series advanced to generate power levels of , featuring steel cylinder liners with a bore, aluminium alloy cylinder heads fastened by extended studs, Duralumin connecting rods, and a crankcase made from magnesium alloy.
Additionally, the 6P was produced under license in the USSR under the designation MV-6 (Motor Vozdushniy / Motor Voronezhskiy).
Variants
- Renault 6Pdi
- six-cylinder inverted inline configuration
- Renault 6Pdis
- equipped with a supercharger
- Renault 6Pfi
- Voronezh MV-6
- licensed manufacturing in the USSR
Applications
- Caudron C.630 Simoun
- Caudron C.684
- Morane-Saulnier MS.350 (Pei)
- Moskalyev SAM-9 Strela
- Moskalyev SAM-10bis
- Moskalyev SAM-11bis
See also
- List of aircraft engines
- Argus As 17
- de Havilland Gipsy Queen
- Isotta Fraschini Beta
- Menasco Buccaneer