Daimler-Benz DB 602

The Daimler-Benz DB 602, originally known as Daimler-Benz LOF.6, was a German diesel cycle aero engine designed and built in the early 1930s. It was a liquid-cooled upright V16, and powered the two Hindenburg-class airships. It has roughly the same displacement and weight of the Beardmore Tornado, which was used in the ill-fated R101, but has almost twice the power of the Tornado, showing Daimler-Benz's superior knowledge regarding diesel engine construction.

DB 602
Preserved Daimler-Benz DB 602
Type	Diesel V16 aero engine
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Daimler-Benz
First run	1933
Major applications	LZ 129 Hindenburg LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II Schnellboot 1933 series S10...13

Also, these engines, under designation MB 502, powered four Schnellboot-type attack craft of 1933 series S10...13 (three engines on each). The engine was modified into V20 MB 501 of 2000 hp that had a variety of applications.^{[citation needed]}

Applications

DB 602

• LZ 129 Hindenburg
• LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II

MB 511

• Schnellboot 1933 series S10...13

Engines on display

A preserved Daimler-Benz DB 602 is on display at the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen.^[1]

Specifications (DB 602)

Data from Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944^[2]

General characteristics

• Type: 16-cylinder liquid-cooled 50° V16 aircraft diesel engine
• Bore: 175 mm (6.89 in)
• Stroke: 230 mm (9.06 in)
• Displacement: 88.5 L (5,400.6 cu in)
• Length: 1,722 mm (67.8 in)
• Width: 739 mm (29.1 in)
• Height: 1,027 mm (40.4 in)
• Dry weight: 1,976 kg (4,356 lb) dry, unequipped

Components

• Valvetrain: Two intake and two exhaust valves per cylinder actuated via a single overhead camshaft per bank
• Fuel system: pre-combustion chamber injection
• Fuel type: Gas oil
• Oil system: pressure feed with scavenge
• Cooling system: Liquid-cooled

Performance

• Power output:
  

• 1,115 PS (1,100 hp; 820 kW) at 1,650 rpm (maximum) at sea level
• 1,000 PS (986 hp; 735 kW) at 1,450 rpm (5 minutes) at sea level
• 850 PS (838 hp; 625 kW) at 1,350 rpm (max continuous) at sea level

• Specific power: 11.3 PS/L (0.18 hp/cu in; 8.31 kW/L)
• Compression ratio: 16:1
• Specific fuel consumption: 0.175 kg/PSh (0.391 lb/(hp⋅h); 0.238 kg/kWh) at max continuous
• Oil consumption: 0.008 kg/PSh (0.018 lb/(hp⋅h); 0.011 kg/kWh) at max continuous
• Power-to-weight ratio: 0.485 PS/kg (0.217 hp/lb; 0.357 kW/kg)
• B.M.E.P.: 6.4 atm (6.5 bar; 94 psi)
• Reduction gear planetary, 0.5:1

See also

Related lists

• List of aircraft engines

References

Notes

1. Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen Archived 2009-08-07 at the Wayback Machine www.zeppelin-museum.de (German language) Retrieved: 17 September 2009
2. Schneider, Helmut (Dipl.Ing.) (1944). Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944 (in German) (Facsimile reprint 1986 ed.). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. p. 389. ISBN 381120484X.

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