French piston aircraft engine widely used during WW1 and the 1920s
Renault 12Fe
Renault 12Fe aero-engine. Displayed at the national air and space museum of France.
Type
Water-cooled V12 aero engine
National origin
France
Manufacturer
Renault Wolseley Motors
First run
Late 1916
Major applications
Breguet 14 Voisin X
Number built
>7,000
Developed from
Renault 12F
The Renault 12Fe, or 300 CV, is a water-cooled V12 aero engine.[1] The 12Fe was the most produced Renault aircraft engine and powered many French aircraft during WW1 and the 1920s.[2]
^Type 14 A2. Model 1921 (PDF). Notice technique de l'avion Breguet (Report). Ministere de la guerre. 24 April 1922.
^Hartmann, Gerard (2005). "Les moteurs d'aviation Renault" [Renault aviation engines] (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 10 December 2023.
The Renault12Fe, or 300 CV, is a water-cooled V12 aero engine. The 12Fe was the most produced Renault aircraft engine and powered many French aircraft...
Groupe Renault (UK: /ˈrɛnoʊ/ REN-oh, US: /rəˈnɔːlt, rəˈnoʊ/ rə-NAWLT, rə-NOH, French: [ɡʁup ʁəno], also known as the Renault Group in English; legally...
often refer to the 12Fe as the Renault 300 hp with earlier engines in the series referred to as the Renault 220 hp. Post WW1 the 12Fe engine was marketed...
The Renault 6Q, also called the Renault Bengali 6, is an air-cooled inverted in-line six-cylinder, aircraft piston engine, producing about 160 kW (220 hp)...
by the Voisin X which was fitted with the more powerful and reliable Renault12Fe. The Peugeot 8Aa was developed to meet a French military requirement...
The Renault 12R was an air-cooled inverted V12 aircraft engine developed by the French engineering company Renault in the 1930s. The design was based on...
The Renault 4P, also called the Renault Bengali Junior, was a series of air-cooled 4-cylinder inverted inline aero engines designed and built in France...
The Renault 8G was a family of French liquid-cooled V-8 aero engines of the World War I era that produced from 140 hp (100 kW) to 190 hp (140 kW). Construction...
The Renault 90 hp, or 12A, was the world’s first V12 aircraft engine. The engine was developed in 1911 from Renault’s earlier V8 engines and used the...
pushers which were powered by water-cooled Salmson 9, Peugeot 8Aa and Renault12Fe aero-engines. At the start of World War I, Voisin L aircraft (types 1...
in 1923, for intended use as an auto-pilot. Voisin X 280 hp (210 kW) Renault12Fe E.54 - factory designation for prototype Voisin X Bn.2 - official designation...
The Renault 70 hp, (8Ab , 8C) was a French V-8 aero engine that first ran in 1910. The type powered many early military aircraft including the Farman...
powerful version of the Argus As 410. Most 411 production was undertaken by Renault in occupied Paris, these engines were used to power the Siebel Si 204 and...
12Fcx Renault 12Fcy Renault12Fe 300 hp (220 kW) Renault 12Ff 350 hp (260 kW) Renault 14Fas 900–1,000 hp (670–750 kW) 14 radial Renault 8G 140 hp (100 kW)...
The Renault 6P, also called the Renault Bengali, was a series of air-cooled 6-cylinder inverted in-line aero engines designed and built in France from...
Lorraine 12D engine. The engine was later replaced by a 224 kW (300 hp) Renault12Fe. After a successful evaluation, the aircraft was ordered by the Aéronautique...
Global Information