Gnome Lambda
The Gnome 7 Lambda was a French designed, seven-cylinder, air-cooled rotary aero engine that was produced under license in Britain and Germany. Powering several World War I-era aircraft types it was claimed to produce from its capacity of although recorded figures are lower.
Just under 1,000 units were produced in Britain, the majority by the Daimler Company of Coventry. A 14-cylinder variant was known as the Gnome 14 Lambda-Lambda.
In Germany Motorenfabrik Oberursel license-built the seven-cylinder engine as the Oberursel U.0 and later copied the 14-cylinder design and designated it as the Oberursel U.III.
Variants
;Gnome 7 Lambda;Gnome 7 Lambda
;Gnome 14 Double Lambda
;Motorenfabrik Oberursel U.0
;Motorenfabrik Oberursel U.III: German production of the Gnome 14 Double Lambda
Applications
''List from Lumsden''Gnome 7 Lambda
- Avro 504
- Blackburn Type I
- Borel hydro-monoplane
- Blériot Parasol
- Blériot XI
- Bristol Boxkite
- Bristol Gordon England G.E.3
- Bristol-Coanda Monoplanes
- Bristol Coanda T.B.8
- Bristol Coanda P.B.8
- Bristol Scout
- Caudron G.III
- Deperdussin Type B
- Dunne D.8
- Farman HF.14
- Farman HF.20
- Grahame-White Type XV
- London & Provincial 4
- Lowe Marlburian
- Nieuport IVG
- Nieuport 10
- Nieuport-Macchi Parasol
- Radley-England Waterplane
- Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.3
- Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.4
- Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8
- Royal Aircraft Factory B.S.1
- Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2
- Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2
- Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4
- Short S.37
- Short S.38
- Short S.41
- Short S.60
- Short S.70
- Sikorsky S-7
- Sopwith Gordon Bennett Racer
- Sopwith Pup
- Sopwith Sociable
- Sopwith Tabloid
- Sopwith Three-Seater
- Vickers No.8 Monoplane
Gnome 14 Lambda-Lambda
- Avro 510
- Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4
- Deperdussin Monocoque
- Farman HF.19
- Fokker D.III
- Fokker E.IV
- Paul Schmitt P.S.3
- Short S.63
- Short S.64
- Short S.70
- Short S.74
- Short S.80
- Short S.81
- Short S.82