The BMW IV was a
six-cylinder
The straight-six engine (also referred to as an inline-six engine; abbreviated I6 or L6) is a piston engine with six cylinders arranged in a straight line along the crankshaft. A straight-six engine has perfect primary and secondary engine balan ...
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water-cooled
Cooling tower and water discharge of a nuclear power plant
Water cooling is a method of heat removal from components and industrial equipment. Evaporative cooling using water is often more efficient than air cooling. Water is inexpensive and no ...
inline aircraft engine built in Germany in the 1920s. Power was in the 180 kW (250 hp) range.
World record
On 17 June 1919
Franz Zeno Diemer flew a
DFW F37, powered by a BMW IV engine to an unofficial world record height of from
Oberwiesenfeld, reaching that altitude in 89 minutes.
Diemer stated at the time, "I could have gone much higher, but I didn't have enough oxygen."
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Arado SC I
The Arado SC I was a biplane trainer developed in Germany in the 1920s. It was based on the S I, but powered by a far more powerful inline engine. Accordingly, the structure received considerable strengthening. The aircraft was intended for t ...
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Albatros L 72
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Albatros L 74
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Caspar C 27 __NOTOC__
The Caspar C 27 was a training seaplane aircraft developed in Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, a ...
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DFW F37
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Heinkel HD 22
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Heinkel HD 24
The Heinkel HD 24 was a training seaplane developed in Germany in the late 1920s. It was a conventional single-bay biplane with equal-span, staggered wings. The fuselage was braced to both the upper and lower wings with a number of struts on i ...
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Heinkel HD 39
The Heinkel HD 39 was a special-purpose cargo aircraft developed in Germany in the 1920s to distribute the Berlin newspaper '' B.Z.''. It was a conventional single-bay biplane with staggered wings of equal span, and a fuselage that nearly filled ...
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Junkers A 35
Junkers A 35 was a two-seater cantilever monoplane, used for postal, training and military purposes. The aircraft was designed in the 1920s by Junkers in Germany and manufactured at Dessau and by AB Flygindustri in Limhamn, Sweden and conversion ...
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Junkers F 13
The Junkers F 13 was the world's first all-metal transport aircraft, developed in Germany at the end of World War I. It was an advanced cantilever-wing monoplane, with enclosed accommodation for four passengers. 322 planes of the type were manufa ...
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LFG V 59
The LFG V 59 and the LFG V 61 were single engine, twin float passenger seaplanes designed and built in Germany in 1926 by the Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft. They differed only in their engines.
Design and development
The V 59 and V 61 w ...
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LFG V 60
The LFG V 60 was a small, single engine, tandem seat floatplane training aircraft, designed and built in Germany in the mid-1920s. About five were constructed.
Design and development
The LFG V 60 was a biplane floatplane, with wings of constan ...
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Polikarpov R-1 BMW (Soviet unlicensed copy of
Airco DH.9A
The Airco DH.9A was a British single-engined light bomber designed and first used shortly before the end of the First World War. It was a development of the unsuccessful Airco DH.9 bomber, featuring a strengthened structure and, crucially, repl ...
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Rohrbach Ro VII Robbe
The Rohrbach Ro VII Robbe ( en, Seal) was an all-metal, twin engine flying boat built in Germany in the 1920s. It could be adapted to commercial or military rôles.
Design and development
As the full company name ( Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau) ...
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Rohrbach Ro VIII Roland I
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Type 91 Heavy Tank
The Type 95 heavy tank was the final result of Japanese multi-turreted tank design, and was in commission during the time period between World War I and World War II. Modeled on German and Italian tank designs, this tank featured 3 turrets. The ...
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Type 95 Heavy Tank
The Type 95 heavy tank was the final result of Japanese multi-turreted tank design, and was in commission during the time period between World War I and World War II. Modeled on German and Italian tank designs, this tank featured 3 turrets. The ...
Specifications
See also
References
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1910s aircraft piston engines
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