Updated: 13-Feb-2020
His 3 CV engine (1903) was installed in the Santos Dumont number 9 airship.
"Santos-Dumont nr 9"
From appendix 6: Builder of airplanes, balloons - airplanes and airships as well as engines. It is Gustav Clement.
"Gustav Clement"
-An example of his work is the airship that used two 150 CV Clement (Bayard) engines.
"The two engines on the Clement airship"
-Clement's V-2 engine was used by Santos Dumont in his Nr. 9 airship in 1903.
-It fulfilled two missions, propelling the ship and swelling its envelope.
"Clement V2 engine"
-The engine belonged to the Clement Autocyclette brand's motorcycle, and was converted for its aeronautical use because it was suitable for power and lightness.
-As mentioned in the main text, it gave 3 CV at 1,000 rpm, with a displacement of 0.36 l.
-As we see in the photograph, a wheel drove a belt through a free clutch device.
Engines of CLEMENT
Model: 2 en V, 3CV
"Clement V2 engine"