Benz Bz.II
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The Benz Bz.II (manufacturer's designation Benz Type FD) was a six-cylinder, water-cooled, inline engine developed in Germany for use in aircraft in 1913.Gunston 1986, pp. 22–23
With a displacement of {{cvt|10.15|L|cuin|abbr=on|1}} it developed about {{cvt|100-110|hp|kW|abbr=on|order=flip}}.Benz Type FD engine manualAngle 1921, pp. 83-85
It had cast-iron cylinders with sheet metal cooling jackets welded to them. The two overhead valves per cylinder were operated via pushrods and rocker arms by a single camshaft embedded in the engine block on the right-hand side.
Applications
Specifications
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|valvetrain=One camshaft in the engine block, driving one inlet and one exhaust valve per cylinder via pushrods and rocker arms (overhead valve).
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References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last= Gunston |first= Bill |title=World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines |year=1986 |publisher=Patrick Stephens |location= Wellingborough |pages=22–23 }}
- {{cite book
|title=Airplane Engine Encyclopedia: An Alphabetically Arranged Compilation Of All Available Data On The World's Airplane Engines
|last=Angle
|first=Glenn Dale
|year=1921
|publisher=Otterbein Press
|page=[https://archive.org/details/AirplaneEngineEncyclopedia/page/n89/mode/2up 83-85]
|url=https://archive.org/details/AirplaneEngineEncyclopedia
|ol=23525261M
}}
- {{cite web| title=Benz Type FB, FD and FF aero engine manual | url=http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/digitalizacja_archiwaliow/katalog.php?cz=849 | date= | accessdate=12 October 2020 }}
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