Updated: 20-Nov-2018
Barrel engine with six double cylinders giving 900 CV. It drives two contra-rotating propellers.
“G-C schematics”
-Each double cylinder has a crankshaft and the rotation is transmitted to the main shafts by bevel gears. Year 1938. (See G.C.).
From Appendix 12: This revolver-type engine with two contra-rotating propellers was installed on a Koolhoven fighter, as we can see below.
“Koolhoven FK 55 fighter”
-At times found as “Gedoux et Crouse”.
“Gadoux et Crouse cross-section”
Engines of GADOUX & CROUSE
Model: 6 double cyl. barrel
Arquitecture: 6-cylinder Barrel
Cooling:
Total Displacement:
Bore / Stroke:
Power: 900
Weight:
Each double cylinder has a crankshaft and the rotation is transmitted to the main shafts by bevel gears.
"Gadoux & Crouse schematics fig. 1"