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1900s American piston aircraft engine
The Curtiss B-8 was an early air-cooled
8-cylinder engine used for a number of aircraft and one motorcycle designed by
Glenn Curtiss. It powered the
AEA June Bug in 1908, becoming the first Curtiss engine to power a
heavier-than-air aircraft in sustained flight.
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Applications included:
Specifications
Data from
[2]
[1]
General characteristics
- Type: V-8 Air-cooled piston engine
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Bore: 3.625 in (92 mm)
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Stroke: 3.25 in (83 mm)
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Displacement: 268 cu in (4,391.7 cc)
- Length: 31 in (79 cm)
- Width: 17 in (43 cm)
- Height: 19.5 in (50 cm)
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Dry weight: 150 lb (68.04 kg)
- Designer:
Glenn Curtiss
Performance
References
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a
b
V-8, Curtiss B-8 Engine, Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum collections, archived from
the original on 2018-04-01, retrieved 2018-04-01
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^ House, Kirk W. (2003),
Hell-Rider to King of the Air: Glenn Curtiss' Life of Innovation, Warrendale, Pennsylvania:
SAE International, p. 60,
ISBN
0-7680-0802-6, retrieved March 22, 2013