FPW Model 48N816 Gnome-Rhone 14N

The Gnome-Rhone 14N was a French aircraft engine from the interwar period and World War II. It was first launched in 1937. The engine, in the 14N-48 version, weighed 620 kilograms with a displacement of 38.67 liters.

The Gnome-Rhone 14N was a double-star 14-cylinder radial engine that was air-cooled. It was created as a result of the modification of another power unit of the Gnome-Rhone plant with the designation 14K. The main modernization involved the use of completely different materials for the construction of cylinders and valves, as well as a significant increase in the cooling area. The 14N version was later upgraded with the addition of a two-stage turbocharger (Model 14R), but its development was hampered by the defeat of France in 1940. However, it was developed after 1945. The Gnome-Rhone 14N engine was modernized in the period 1937-1940, and its maximum power increased from 915 HP to 1400 HP in the 14N-50 version. Gnome-Rhone 14N engines They were powered by such planes as, for example: Bloch MB.152, Loire-et-Olivier Leo-451 or Farman F.222. It was also used by the Luftwaffe as a propulsion for the Messerschmitt Me-323.