World War I Aircraft Engine By Josh H
Type of allied power planes and there engine deigns
Four types of planes from world war one
Sopwith f-1 camel On December 22, 1916 the Sopwith Experimental Department passed a prototype aircraft powered by the 110 hp Clerget 9Z engine which had been designed by Herbert Smith and modified by Fred S. Sigrist.
Fokker Dr. I V.6 by the Mercedes D.II 6-cylinder 120h.p. water-cooled radial engine
Halberstadt Cl IV The engine was mounted to the extreme forward of the fuselage just in front of the pilot and was of a 160 horsepower Mercedes D.III 6-cylinder, in-line, water-cooled engine type operating a two-blade propeller.
Spad XIII In early 1915, noted automobile engineer Marc Birkigt adapted his famed Hispano-Suiza engine for use in aircraft. The result was a powerful, inline, 140- horsepower engine which weighed approximately 330 pounds.
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