The Curtiss C-6 is a six-cylinder, water-cooled, inline

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Design and development

The C-6 features an overhead cam and

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cylinder jackets. Further development as a V-12 engine was carried out resulting in the C-12 and CD-12 engines.

Variants

;6-cylinder water-cooled in-line engine

Applications

* Curtiss Lark *

Curtiss Oriole The Curtiss Oriole (Curtiss Model 17) was an American three-seat general-purpose biplane. Design The Oriole fuselage was constructed using laminated wood to form a monocoque body and was powered by either the Curtiss OX-5 V-8 or the Curtiss K-6 ...

* Curtiss MF Seagull *Laird C-6 Special *

Pitcairn PA-1 Fleetwing The Pitcairn PA-1 Fleetwing (Pitcairn Aviation - One) is the first biplane designed for air racing and commercial airmail service by Pitcairn Aircraft Company The Pitcairn Aircraft Company was an American aircraft manufacturer of light u ...

Pitcairn PA-2 Sesquiwing The Pitcairn PA-2 Sesquiwing "Arrow" is an early biplane designed for air racing and commercial airmail service. Design The Sesquiwing featured a quick change motor mount to accommodate a Curtiss C-6 or Curtiss OX-5 engine, and wheel fairings ...

Travel Air 2000 The Travel Air 2000/3000/4000 (originally, the Model A, Model B and Model BH were open-cockpit biplane aircraft produced in the United States in the late 1920s by the Travel Air Manufacturing Company. During the period from 1924–1929, Tr ...

Waco 9 The Waco 9 is an American-built three-seat biplane design that first flew in 1925. Development The Waco 9 was the first of the steel-tubed fuselage aircraft designs to be built by the Advance Aircraft Company, which became the Waco Aircraft Co ...

* Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.3

Engines on display

*The

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has a Curtiss C-6A on display. *The

Canada Aviation and Space Museum The Canada Aviation and Space Museum (french: link=no, Musée de l'Aviation et de l'Espace du Canada) (formerly the Canada Aviation Museum and National Aeronautical Collection) is Canada's national aviation history museum. The museum is locate ...

has a Curtiss C-6A mounted on its Curtiss MF Seagull.

Specifications (C-6)

References