Crankshaft, Curtiss OX-5 Engine
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Object Details
- Designer
- Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
- Manufacturer
- Willys-Morrow Company (Curtiss)
- Physical Description
- Type: Water-cooled, V-8
- Take-off Power: 67 kw (90 hp)
- Weight: 175 kg (390 lb)
- Displacement: 8.3 liters (502.8 cu in)
- Specific Fuel Consumption: .270 kg/hp/hr (.60 lb/hp/hr)
- 5-main bearing crankshaft; complete with propeller thrust bearing.
- Summary
- Curtiss OX-5
- More than 10,000 of these V-8 engines were manufactured, most of them for use in Curtiss JN-4 Jenny trainers. After World War I, thousands of OX-5s and Jennies were sold to the public at a fraction of their original cost to the government. In addition, during the 1920s, airplanes powered by the OX-5 engine were developed for civil aircraft by Waco, Laird, Curtiss, Fairchild, Alexander, Travel Air, and many other firms.
- The availability of a well-proven, inexpensive engine in such quantity was a mixed blessing -- it allowed many people to fly who could not afford a more expensive engine, but manufacturers of more modern power plants suffered.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Frank V. Tabian
- Inventory Number
- A19780417000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Components (Engine Parts)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 118 cm (46 1/4in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Hangar
- Boeing Aviation Hangar
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19780417000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv99fad75c5-8f14-44da-991b-3453f86d715f
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