The Fiat A.12 was a six-cylinder liquid-cooled in-line engine with a bore of 160 mm and a

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of 180 mm, giving a

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of just under 22 litres, with variants producing between 245 and 300 horsepower at 1,700 rpm. The A.12 was a rather large aero engine at the time, but it was efficient and reliable. A total of 13,260 A.12s were produced between 1916 and 1919.

Variants

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Applications

Airco DH.4 The Airco DH.4 is a British two-seat biplane day bomber of the First World War. It was designed by Geoffrey de Havilland (hence "DH") for Airco, and was the first British two-seat light day-bomber capable of defending itself. It was desig ...

* Airco DH.9 *

Ansaldo A.300 The Ansaldo A.300 was an Italian general-purpose biplane aircraft built by the Ansaldo company (now part of FIAT) of Turin from 1920 to 1929. It also served as a light bomber, transport, fighter and reconnaissance aircraft, and finally as an a ...

Breguet 14 The Breguet XIV (in contemporary practice) or Breguet 14 is a French biplane bomber and reconnaissance aircraft of World War I. It was built in very large numbers and production continued for many years after the end of the war. The Breguet 14 w ...

* Caproni Ca.4 *

Caproni Ca.5 The Caproni Ca.5 was an Italian heavy bomber of World War I and the postwar era. It was the final version of the series of aircraft that began with the Caproni Ca.1 in 1914. Development By late World War I, developments in aircraft technology ...

* Caproni Ca.46 *

Fiat 2000 The Fiat 2000 was an Italian heavy tank designed and produced by Fiat during World War I. Only two were built as it never entered serial production. It was heavily armed and armoured, but lacked mobility and after seeing limited service in Libya ...

(tank) * Fiat Mephistopheles (racing car) *

Fiat R.2 The Fiat R.2 was a reconnaissance aircraft produced in Italy shortly after World War I, and the first aircraft to be marketed under the Fiat brand, (previous Fiat aircraft had been marketed as by SIA). It was a conventional two-bay biplane with ...

* Fukunaga Tenryu 10 * IVL A.22 Hansa * Macchi M.9 * Macchi M.15 *

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s * Pomilio PC/PD/PE * SAML S.1/S.2 * Savoia-Marchetti S.55 * Savoia-Pomilio SP.2 *

Savoia-Pomilio SP.3 The Savoia-Pomilio SP.3 was a reconnaissance and bomber aircraft built in Italy during the First World War.Taylor 1989, p.793 Development The SP.3 was a further development of the family of designs that had started with the SP.1. Ultimately al ...

* SIA 7 *

SIA 9 The SIA.9 was an Italian reconnaissance-bomber built by Società Italiana Aviazione, a division of Fiat. Development The 9B began as the SIA.7B2 fitted with a much larger engine, the Fiat A.14. The larger engine increased the aircraft's speed ...

* SIAI S.16 *

Vickers Vimy The Vickers Vimy was a British heavy bomber aircraft developed and manufactured by Vickers Limited. Developed during the latter stages of the First World War to equip the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), the Vimy was designed by Rex Pierson, Vickers ...

(third prototype)

Engines on display

* There is a Fiat A.12 on display at the

New England Air Museum The New England Air Museum (NEAM) is an American aerospace museum located adjacent to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The museum consists of three display hangars with additional storage and restoration hangars. Its ...

Bradley International Airport Bradley International Airport – historically known as Bradley Field – is a public international airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States. Owned and operated by the Connecticut Airport Authority, Con ...

, Windsor Locks, CT.New England Air Museum - Fiat A.12
Retrieved: 26 January 2021 * The

National Military Museum, Romania The King Ferdinand I National Military Museum (), located at 125-127 Mircea Vulcănescu St., Bucharest, Romania, was established on 18 December 1923 by King Ferdinand I. It has been at its present site since 1988, in a building finished in 1998. ...

shows the A.12 with serial number 7395. * The

National Museum of the United States Air Force The National Museum of the United States Air Force (formerly the United States Air Force Museum) is the official museum of the United States Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, northeast of Dayton, Ohio. The NMUSAF is ...

possesses an example that is sometimes on display.

Specifications (A.12)

References

* Gunston, Bill. (1986). ''World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines''. Patrick Stephens: Wellingborough. p. 62 * {{Fiat aeroengines A.12 1910s aircraft piston engines

Variants

Applications

Engines on display

Specifications (A.12)

See also

References