Gnome 9-B2 (Monosoupape) Assembly movie (HD)

Assembling the Gnome 100hp (Monosoupape) rotary engine.
The Gnome 9 B2 Assembly - Based on the Gnome Mono Instruction book No.2

[StonyRC]

I have ALWAYS wanted to get some basic understanding of how the strange rotary engines of the WW1 era operated. This is an EXCEPTIONAL explanation. Many Thanks from the UK.

[colninny]

Brilliant animation, and very high tech precision work from a hundred years ago.

[pita]

Incredible, the best technical animation I have ever watched so far

[BiffTannen]

Killer tune, brother. Actual "music", that enhanced the video, instead of ruining it! BRAVO! 👏👌❤🎉

[nomanmcshmoo]

Thank you so much for this great video. I went from somehow missing the complete existence of this engine to a great basic understanding of it in 10 minutes. Fantastic work.

[SchulteMesum]

Fantastic animation, really impressive. One of the best I saw until now.

[gregcrabb]

Even after seeing it being assembled and in action it still baffles me as to how this engine works. Quite amazing.

[shaansingh]

I finally got my head around it. thankyou for taking the time to make a detailed video.

[downix]

I knew I had seen a biplane with an engine that spun! I had wondered for years if I had imagined it. Thank you for this.

[yiy]

After watching the animation, I feel I can assemble an engine and get it up and running. Wow! Thank you so much.

[nigelparker]

Hi Pierre, just found this brilliant animation you’ve achieved here, well done you!!
It has enabled my mind to travel back 57 years to when I was a 16 year old engineering apprentice and out of the blue a 7 cylinder Gnome le Rhône turned up in our yard..and I was told (as I did have a leaning to a challenge), that my job was to de rust and rebuild it with no manual whatsoever to help! My boss, however was a very clever man, and with the help of the Shuttlesworth Trust at Biggleswade we rebuilt it to full running order, for a Bleriot, all smuggled out of Belgium I was told! This was by an ex Royal Navy pilot of considerable wealth! It was to be used as a back up aircraft for the film the Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines! We didn’t, unfortunately manage in time, and the philanthropist died soon after! I never did find out what happened to it all..I was very, very disheartened! Anyone out there know?

[andrewtalbot]

Just loved this. Replayed a dozen times to understand the operation but got it in the end. Brilliant animation! Thanks so much.

[Hopeless_and_Forlorn]

Mr. Jansen, your work is comparable to that of the geniuses who designed this elegant engine a century ago. Watching your animation, I can almost hear the roar and smell the castor oil in the exhaust. Many thanks.

[ralphedelbach]

Spectacular graphics. I've never seen anything like it before. WOW!

[td]

Excellent work. I finally see the details of how a Gnome works.

[piccalillipit]

*SO IT IS* a pressurised crankcase 4 stroke single valve rotating block 9 cylinder dry sump rotary engine - WOW

Brilliant video BTW - thank you!!!

[svendler]

Such a completely wonderful little movie. Absolutely marvellous.

[dennisjones]

WOW, excellent animation. So cool to see such engineering from 110 years to watch..!!!!

[MURegedone]

Simply the best animation I've seen.

[stephenmurray]

Absolutely stunningly beautiful animation. Many thanks for posting!