Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Maybach Motorenbau G.m.b.H. (Friedrichshafen a/Bodensee, Germany)
- Physical Description
- Type: Reciprocating, 6 cylinders, in-Line, water cooled
- Power rating: 149 kW (200 hp) at 1,200 rpm
- Displacement: 20 L (1,228 cu in.)
- Bore and Stroke: 150 mm (5.9 in.) x 190 mm (7.5 in.)
- Weight: 450 kg (990 lb)
- Summary
- This World War I engine, built by Germany’s Maybach, was of the type that powered the Zeppelin, Schutte-Lanz, and Parseval airships or airplanes such as the Rumpler C4 and C5. Without measurements of the artifact it is not possible to determine if it was the water-cooled, six-cylinder, in-line design rated at 149 kW (200 shp) that powered the airships, or the derivative of this engine, known as the 224 kW (300 shp) Maybach, that powered the airplanes.
- The artifact is heavily damaged. It is probable that it was removed from a downed airship for technical analysis. This engine was part of a collection of foreign power plants that was assembled by the U.S. Army Air Corps, Materiel Division at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the War Department, Air Corps, Materiel Division, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
- Circa 1916-1917
- Inventory Number
- A19340004000
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- PROPULSION-Reciprocating & Rotary
- Materials
- Steel, Aluminum, Textile, Paint, Rubber, Brass, Wood, Preservative Coating
- Dimensions
- Engine height on stand 114.3 cm (45 in.)
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19340004000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv978333b6c-cf8c-4d3a-ba86-9182d58bec41
