The Curtiss D-12, sometimes identified with the military designation Curtiss V-1150, was an
aircraft engine
An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Aircraft using power components are referred to as powered flight. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbin ...
of 18.8 liter
displacement
Displacement may refer to:
Physical sciences
Mathematics and physics
*Displacement (geometry), is the difference between the final and initial position of a point trajectory (for instance, the center of mass of a moving object). The actual path ...
. It was a water-cooled
V12, producing 443 hp (330 kW) and weighing 693 lb (314 kg). It was designed by
Arthur Nutt in 1921 and used in the
Curtiss CR-3 for the 1923
Schneider Trophy race.
Fairey Aviation
The Fairey Aviation Company Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer of the first half of the 20th century based in Hayes, Hillingdon, Hayes in Middlesex and Heaton Chapel and RAF Ringway in Cheshire that designed important military aircraft ...
of England imported 50
Curtiss-built examples in 1926, renaming them the Fairey Felix.
The D-12 was one of the first truly successful
aluminum
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cast-
block engines and was extremely influential in the interwar period. Numerous engines trace their design to the D-12, among them the
Packard 1A-1500,
Rolls-Royce Kestrel and
Junkers Jumo 210.
Applications
D-12
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Boeing Model 15
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Curtiss CR
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Curtiss Falcon
The Curtiss Falcon was a family of military biplane aircraft built by the American aircraft manufacturer Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company during the 1920s. Most saw service as part of the United States Army Air Corps as observation aircraft ...
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Curtiss P-5
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Curtiss PW-8
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Curtiss R2C
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Fokker D.XII
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Macchi M.33
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Wittman D-12 Bonzo
Felix
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Fairey Firefly I
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Fairey Fox
Specifications (Curtiss D-12/Felix)
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
* Lumsden, Alec. ''British Piston Engines and their Aircraft''. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .
External links
Great Aircraft Engines - Curtiss D-12a 1922 ''Flight'' article on the CD-12
{{USAF piston engines
D-12
1920s aircraft piston engines
V12 aircraft engines