The engine was made in several evolution stages.
DB 601 - 605
The capathity was from 33.9L up to 44.5L
The power from 1175 - 3500 HP.
Okay... the engine I have taken was a record flight one and lasted always one
try .... I was just bragging around ;-)
The normal planes didn't have that engine.
----- Original Message -----
From: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
To: <chris@tr4-racing.de>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:06 PM
Subject: Plane & dragster motors: Deep thoughts
> Christian Marx wrote:
> >I found in a book:
> >Engine DB 601 V 12
> >44,5 L
> >3500 HP
> >3100 rpm
> >Compressor charged with 30 PSI
>
> That really surprises me. I thought the R-3350 was the most
> powerful piston-engine for aircraft ever built. In turbo-super
> guise and 55 liters, it produced around 2,800 hp.
>
> Gotta hand it to the Germans. I gotta turn my TR6 motor
> upside down and turbo-supercharge. Dry sump kit on the way!
>
> As an aside, compare this with 10 liter fuelies and their 7,000 hp
> turning 8,000 rpm. Difference being that one motor lasts several
> hundred between rebuilds, and that other lasts 10 seconds.
>
> Shane Ingate, needing stronger headbolts than ARP, in Maryland
>
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