Polish Aviation Museum Cracow

31-864 Kraków,
al. Jana Pawła II 39
phone: (12) 640 99 60,
(12) 642 40 70
e-mail: info@muzeumlotnictwa.pl

a cultural institution of the Malopolska Region

Mecenas Muzeum

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Patroni Medialni

Aircraft engine: Gnome-Rhône 9Ab Jupiter

Great Britain / France
radial engine
1924

Configuration	9-cylinder radial
Cooling	air-cooled
Displacement	28.7 l (1,708 cu in)
Compression ratio	5.3
Weight	350 kg (771 lb)
Maximum power	480 hp at 2,000 RPM
Climb power	420 hp at 1,750 RPM

The Jupiter was designed at Cosmos Engineering Company in Britain in 1919. It entered production in 1921 at the Bristol Aeroplane Company, after the Cosmos Engineering Co. had been closed down. It was licence-built in France, Italy, Poland, Japan and the USSR. The French Gnome–Rhône company began the production of the Jupiter engine in 1923.

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