Napier Lion VIIB

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The Napier Lion VIIB was a high-performance British W-12 aircraft engine of the 1920s, widely used in racing seaplanes and record-breaking aircraft.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Napier Lion VIIB canonical 2
Napier Lion VIID 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft engine ⓘ
piston engine ⓘ
application racing seaplane ⓘ
record-breaking aircraft ⓘ
category British aircraft piston engines ⓘ
racing aircraft engines ⓘ
configuration W-12 ⓘ
coolingMedium water ⓘ
coolingSystem liquid-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
cycle four-stroke ⓘ
cylinderArrangement broad-arrow ⓘ
designer Napier engineering team ⓘ
linked to: D. Napier & Son
era 1920s ⓘ
family Napier Lion engine family ⓘ
fuelType aviation gasoline ⓘ
ignitionSystem dual ignition ⓘ
manufacturer D. Napier & Son ⓘ
materialUse aluminium alloy components ⓘ
mountingType inline mounting in airframes ⓘ
notableFeature compact W-12 layout ⓘ
extensive use in record-breaking aircraft ⓘ
high power-to-weight ratio for its time ⓘ
notableFor contributing to interwar aviation speed records ⓘ
numberOfCylinders 12 ⓘ
predecessor Napier Lion VIIA ⓘ
productionPeriod late 1920s ⓘ
propulsionType propeller-driving piston engine ⓘ
role high-performance powerplant ⓘ
status historical engine ⓘ
successor later Napier Lion variants ⓘ
usedBy British racing teams ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
usedFor altitude record attempts ⓘ
distance record attempts ⓘ
speed record attempts ⓘ
usedIn British seaplanes ⓘ
Gloster IV seaplane ⓘ
Supermarine S.4 ⓘ
Supermarine S.5 ⓘ
experimental and prototype aircraft ⓘ
land-based racing aircraft ⓘ
various Schneider Trophy racers ⓘ
usedInCompetition Schneider Trophy races ⓘ
valvesPerCylinder four ⓘ
valvetrain dual overhead camshafts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supermarine S.5 → engineModel → Napier Lion VIIB ⓘ
Supermarine S.5 → engineModel → Napier Lion VIID ⓘ
linked to: Napier Lion VIIB
Gloster IV → powerplant → Napier Lion VIIB ⓘ