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The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928
On display in the National Air Museum, Smithsonian Institution, is the first oil-burning engine to power an airplane. Its label reads: Packard Diesel Engine1928This first compression-ignition engine to power an airplane developed 225 hp at 1950 revolutions per minute. It was designed under the direction of L. M. Woolson. In 1931, a production example of this engine powered a Bellanca airplane to an 84 hour and 33 minute nonrefueled duration record which has never been equalled.Weight/power ratio: 2.26 lb per hpGift of Packard Motor Car Co. [Pg 2]This revolutionary engine was created in the short time of one year. Within two years of its introduction in 1928, airplane diesel engines were being tested in England by Rolls-Royce, in France by Panhard, in Germany by Junkers, in Italy by Fiat, and in the United States by Guiberson. Packard had demonstrated to the world the remarkable economy and safety of the airplane diesel engine, and the response was immediate and favorable. The novelty and performance of the Packard diesel assured it a large and attentive audience wherever it was exhibited. Yet in spite of its performance record the engine was doomed to failure by reason of its design, and it was further handicapped by having been rushed into production before it could be thoroughly tested. ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 31023
Author: Meyer, Robert B.
Release Date: Jan 20, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English
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