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Mercedes D.VI

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D.VI
Type Inline piston engine
National origin German Empire
Manufacturer Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG)
First run 1915
Number built 20
Developed from Mercedes D.V

The Mercedes D.VI was an eighteen-cylinder, liquid-cooled W-18 type aircraft engine built by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG) and used on a small number of German aircraft during World War I. It was 44,3 liter W 18 cylinder aeroengine with 517 hp/380 kW power at 1400 rpm. The engine weighed 1,636 lb (742 kg).[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Development of the first German 18-cylinder aeroengine". mercedes-benz-publicarchive.com. Archived from the original on 2024-08-08.
  2. ^ "Daimler-Mercedes D VI W-18 Aircraft Engine". 20 February 2019. Archived from the original on 2024-01-06.