The Walter Mars was a
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
n 14-cylinder, air-cooled
radial engine
The radial engine is a reciprocating engine, reciprocating type internal combustion engine, internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinder (engine), cylinders "radiate" outward from a central crankcase like the spokes of a wheel. ...
for powering
aircraft
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, a licensed built
Gnome-Rhône 14M
The Gnome-Rhône 14M was a small 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine that was used on several French and German aircraft of World War II. While having the same appearance, number of pistons (14) and two-row layout typical of Gnome-Rhô ...
.
Applications
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Focke-Wulf Fw 189
The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 ''Uhu'' (Owl) is a twin-engine twin-boom tactical Aerial reconnaissance, reconnaissance and Liaison aircraft, army cooperation aircraft designed and produced by the Germany, German aircraft manufacturer Focke-Wulf. It was o ...
Note. 204 of these airplanes were produced in the Aero Praha factory during the war.
[Smith, J Richard; Kay, Anthony (1978) ]972
Year 972 ( CMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Emperor John I Tzimiskes divides the Bulgarian territories, recently held by the Kievan Rus', into six ...
German Aircraft of the Second World War (third impression ed.), p. 172, London: Putnam & Co, ISBN 0-370-00024-2.
Engines on display
A preserved example of the Walter Mars engine is on display at the following museum:
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Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely
Kbely Aviation Museum () is the largest aviation museum in the Czech Republic and one of the largest of its kind in Europe. It is located to the north-east of Prague, at the military Prague–Kbely Airport, airport Kbely.
Creation of the museum
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Specifications (Mars)
See also
References
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1930s aircraft piston engines
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also known as the "Red Planet", because of its orange-red appearance. Mars is a desert-like rocky planet with a tenuous carbon dioxide () atmosphere. At the average surface level the atmosph ...
Aircraft air-cooled radial piston engines