The Curtiss C-6 is a six-cylinder, water-cooled, inline aircraft engine.[1]
Design and development
The C-6 features an overhead cam and aluminum cylinder jackets. Further development as a V-12 engine was carried out resulting in the C-12 and CD-12 engines.
Variants
- 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line engine
Applications
- Curtiss Lark
- Curtiss Oriole
- Curtiss MF Seagull
- Laird C-6 Special
- Pitcairn PA-1 Fleetwing
- Pitcairn PA-2 Sesquiwing
- Travel Air 2000
- Waco 9
- Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.3
Engines on display
- The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington has a Curtiss C-6A on display.
- The Canada Aviation and Space Museum has a Curtiss C-6A mounted on its Curtiss MF Seagull.[2]
Specifications (C-6)
General characteristics
- Type: 6-cylinder water-cooled inline
- Dry weight: 420 lb
Components
- Valvetrain: Two intake and two exhaust valves per cylinder, pushrod-actuated
- Cooling system: Water-cooled
Performance
- Power output:
- 160 hp at 1,250 rpm[3]
- 161 hp at 1,760 rpm[4]
- Fuel consumption: 0.5 lb/(hp h)
- Oil consumption: 0.016 lb/(hp h)
- Power-to-weight ratio: 0.38 hp/lb
See also
Related lists
References
- ^ "Joe Gertler's Memaerolbilia". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 Feb 2011.
- ^ "Curtiss Seagull". Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 17 Feb 2011.
- ^ "Curtiss Night Mail Plane". Flight. 1 November 1923.
- ^ Glenn Dale Angle (1921). Airplane engine encyclopedia: an alphabetically arranged compilation of all. Dayton, O., Otterbein Press.