Polish Aviation Museum Cracow

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Aircraft engine: Benz Bz IVd

Germany
inline engine
1917

Configuration	6-cylinder inline
Cooling	liquid-cooled
Displacement	18.8 l (854 cu in)
Compression ratio	5.0
Weight	370 kg
Maximum power	255 hp at 1,500 RPM
Climb power	230 hp at 1,400 RPM

A modified variant of the Benz Bz IV of 1915 of which 6,400 were built. The Bz IVa had aluminum cylinders. It was used in the Halberstadt C.V, AEG J.I, J.II, N.I, AGO C.IV, Albatros C.VII, C.XV, G.III, J.I, Friedrichshafen G.II, FF 49, FF 59, LVG C.V, DFW C.V aircraft.

Archive:

Engine manual, 1917

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