Maybach In-line 6 Engine
date: label: Date
content: Circa 1916-1917
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Maybach Motorenbau G.m.b.H. (Friedrichshafen a/Bodensee, Germany)
notes: label: Physical Description
content: Type: Reciprocating, 6 cylinders, in-Line, water cooled
label: Physical Description
content: Power rating: 149 kW (200 hp) at 1,200 rpm
label: Physical Description
content: Displacement: 20 L (1,228 cu in.)
label: Physical Description
content: Bore and Stroke: 150 mm (5.9 in.) x 190 mm (7.5 in.)
label: Physical Description
content: Weight: 450 kg (990 lb)
label: Summary
content: 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.
label: Summary
content: 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
place: label: Country of Origin
content: Germany
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transferred from the War Department, Air Corps, Materiel Division, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19340004000
objectType: label: Type
content: PROPULSION-Reciprocating & Rotary
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Steel, Aluminum, Textile, Paint, Rubber, Brass, Wood, Preservative Coating
label: Dimensions
content: Engine height on stand 114.3 cm (45 in.)