Aerospace Engines A to Z
Aerospace Engines A to Z

Updated: 18-Mar-2020

This is W.S. Laycock Limited. The factories were in Victoria (Victoria Works), Sheffield.

-Laycock made the 100 HP 1,200 rpm French Gnome Monosoupape under license for English Allied WWI aircraft.

-Better said, it was commissioned to build 1,000 engines, and the only one known is the one in an English Museum as it appears in the following photograph.

Laycock, 100 HP
“Laycock 100 HP”

Detail of the W.S. Laycock engine plate
“Detail of the W.S. Laycock engine plate ”(JGB)

Engines of LAYCOCK

Model: 9-cyl rotary, 100 HP (Gnome Monosoupape, Lic.)

Arquitecture: 9-cylinder Radial
Cooling:
Total Displacement:
Bore / Stroke:
Power: 100 HP @ 1200 rpm
Weight:

Other details:
Laycock, 100 HP

"Laycock, 100 HP"