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Duesenberg 16-valve straight-4 aero engine

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Duesenberg 16-valve straight-4 aero engine
1917 newspaper advertisement for the aero engine
Type Water-cooled, straight-4 piston engine
National origin United States
Manufacturer Duesenberg
Designer Fred Duesenberg
First run 1916
Developed from Duesenberg 16-valve straight-4 racing engine

The Duesenberg 16-valve straight-4 aero engine was based on the company's earlier engine of a similar configuration used for automotive racing. Completed in 1916, the first two engines were delivered to the Gallaudet Aircraft Company for use in their D-1 maritime patrol aircraft later that year.

Data from Duesenberg Aircraft Engines: A Technical Description[1]

General characteristics

Components

Performance

Citations

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  1. ^ Pearce, pp. 30–33

Bibliography

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  • Gordon, Robert (August 2004). "The Gallaudet Story: Part 8A: The D-1 Hydroplane for the Navy". WWI Aero: The Journal of the Early Aeroplane (185): 30–45. ISSN 0736-198X.
  • Gordon, Robert (November 2004). "The Gallaudet Story: Part 8B: The D-1 Hydroplane for the Navy". WWI Aero: The Journal of the Early Aeroplane (186): 12–21. ISSN 0736-198X.
  • Pearce, William (2012). Duesenberg Aircraft Engines: A Technical Description. Los Osos, California: Old Machines Press. ISBN 978-0-9850353-0-3.