Packard DR-980, Radial 9 Engine
date: label: Date
content: Circa 1930
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Packard Motor Car Company (Detroit, Michigan)
notes: label: Physical Description
content: Type: Reciprocating, 9 cylinders, single row, radial, air-cooled, fuel-injected, diesel
label: Physical Description
content: Power rating: 168 kW (225 hp) at 1,950 rpm
label: Physical Description
content: Displacement: 16.1 L (982 cu. in.)
label: Physical Description
content: Bore and Stroke: 122.238 mm (4.8125 in.) x 152 mm (6.0 in.)
label: Physical Description
content: Weight: 232 kg (510 lb)
label: Summary
content: This diesel engine was designed and built under the direction of the Packard Company’s Chief Aeronautical Engineer, L. M. Woolson. The objective was to achieve greater safety and economy through the substitution of heavy oil (furnace oil) for gasoline as fuel.
label: Summary
content: Approved Type Certificate No. 43 was issued by the Department of Commerce on March 3, 1930, and the engine was publicly shown for the first time during the Detroit Aircraft Show in April 1930. Between May 25 through 28, 1931 at Jacksonville, Florida, a world's non-refueled duration flight record of 84 1/2 hours was set. The Model DR-980 won the 1931 Collier Trophy.
label: Summary
content: The Packard Diesel DR-980 was the first compression ignition, oil-burning engine flown. It powered such aircraft as the: Stinson SM-1DX Detroiter; Packard-Bellanca Pacemaker; Verville Air Coach; Ford 11-AT-1 Trimotor; Goodyear Defender airship; Towle FA-3 Flying boat; Stewart M-2 Monoplane; Waco Taper Wing; and Consolidated XPT-8A aircraft.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transferred from the U.S. Navy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19710893000
objectType: label: Type
content: PROPULSION-Reciprocating & Rotary
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Aluminum
label: Materials
content: Steel
label: Materials
content: Paint
label: Materials
content: Rubber
label: Materials
content: Nickel Plating
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter 116 cm (45.69 in.), Length 87.3 cm (34.38 in.)