Daimler-Benz DB 602
| DB 602 | |
|---|---|
| |
| Preserved Daimler-Benz DB 602 | |
| Type | Diesel V16 aero engine |
| National origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Daimler-Benz |
| First run | 1933 |
| Major applications | LZ 129 Hindenburg LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II Schnellboot 1933 series S10...13 |
The Daimler-Benz DB 602, originally known as Daimler-Benz LOF.6, was a German diesel cycle aero engine designed and built in the early 1930s. It was a liquid-cooled upright V16, and powered the two Hindenburg-class airships. It has roughly the same displacement and weight of the Beardmore Tornado, which was used in the ill-fated R101, but has almost twice the power of the Tornado, showing Daimler-Benz's superior knowledge regarding diesel engine construction.
Also, these engines, under designation MB 502, powered four Schnellboot-type attack craft of 1933 series S10...13 (three engines on each). The engine was modified into V20 MB 501 of 2000 hp that had a variety of applications.[citation needed]
Applications
[edit]DB 602
[edit]MB 511
[edit]Engines on display
[edit]A preserved Daimler-Benz DB 602 is on display at the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen.[1]
Specifications (DB 602)
[edit]Data from Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944[2]
General characteristics
- Type: 16-cylinder liquid-cooled 50° V16 aircraft diesel engine
- Bore: 175 mm (6.89 in)
- Stroke: 230 mm (9.06 in)
- Displacement: 88.5 L (5,400.6 cu in)
- Length: 1,722 mm (67.8 in)
- Width: 739 mm (29.1 in)
- Height: 1,027 mm (40.4 in)
- Dry weight: 1,976 kg (4,356 lb) dry, unequipped
Components
- Valvetrain: Two intake and two exhaust valves per cylinder actuated via a single overhead camshaft per bank
- Fuel system: pre-combustion chamber injection
- Fuel type: Gas oil
- Oil system: pressure feed with scavenge
- Cooling system: Liquid-cooled
Performance
- Power output:
- 1,115 PS (1,100 hp; 820 kW) at 1,650 rpm (maximum) at sea level
- 1,000 PS (986 hp; 735 kW) at 1,450 rpm (5 minutes) at sea level
- 850 PS (838 hp; 625 kW) at 1,350 rpm (max continuous) at sea level
- Specific power: 11.3 PS/L (0.18 hp/cu in; 8.31 kW/L)
- Compression ratio: 16:1
- Specific fuel consumption: 0.175 kg/PSh (0.391 lb/(hp⋅h); 0.238 kg/kWh) at max continuous
- Oil consumption: 0.008 kg/PSh (0.018 lb/(hp⋅h); 0.011 kg/kWh) at max continuous
- Power-to-weight ratio: 0.485 PS/kg (0.217 hp/lb; 0.357 kW/kg)
- B.M.E.P.: 6.4 atm (6.5 bar; 94 psi)
- Reduction gear planetary, 0.5:1
See also
[edit]Related lists
References
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen Archived 2009-08-07 at the Wayback Machine www.zeppelin-museum.de (German language) Retrieved: 17 September 2009
- ^ Schneider, Helmut (Dipl.Ing.) (1944). Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944 (in German) (Facsimile reprint 1986 ed.). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. p. 389. ISBN 381120484X.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bingham, Victor (1998). Major Piston Aero Engines of World War II. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-84037-012-2.
- Christopher, John (2013). The Race for Hitler's X-Planes: Britain's 1945 Mission to Capture Secret Luftwaffe Technology. Stroud, UK: History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-6457-2.
- Gunston, Bill (2006). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines: From the Pioneers to the Present Day (5th ed.). Stroud, UK: Sutton. ISBN 0-7509-4479-X.
- Neil Gregor Daimler-Benz in the Third Reich. Yale University Press, 1998