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    The Mercedes D.III, or F1466 as it was known internally, was a six-cylinder SOHC valvetrain liquid-cooled inline aircraft engine built by Daimler and used...
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    The BMW IIIa followed the SOHC, straight-six configuration of the Mercedes D.III but incorporated several improvements. Increased displacement, higher...
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    Austro-Daimler 6. The D.II was produced only briefly as a result, but its design formed the basis for the later Mercedes D.III which saw widespread use...
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  • D3 (redirect from D.III)
    single-seat fighter aircraft Mercedes D.III, a 1914 German 6-cylinder, liquid-cooled inline aircraft engine Phönix D.III, a variant of the Austro-Hungarian...
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    The Mercedes D.IV was an eight-cylinder, liquid-cooled inline aircraft engine built by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG) and used on a small number of...
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    BMW IIIa (redirect from BMW III)
    dubbed BMW III. Designed by Max Friz and based on the Rapp III engine, it was an SOHC in-line six-cylinder, just as the earlier Mercedes D.III was, which...
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    featured a more powerful version of the Mercedes D.III engine. Pfalz built approximately 260 D.III and 750 D.IIIa aircraft. Most were delivered to Bavarian...
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    Daimler's pre-war inline six. Prominent examples include the German Mercedes D.III and BMW IIIa, Italian Isotta Fraschini V.4 and British Siddeley Puma...
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    engines. Mercedes created a series of six-cylinder engines which culminated in the Mercedes D.III. Rolls-Royce reversed-engineered the Mercedes cylinder...
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    should use the excellent Mercedes D.III engine, but the Idflieg gave priority for these engines to fighter production, and most CL.IIIs were produced with the...
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    decking. The D.II was initially powered by a 160 hp Mercedes D.III engine, giving a top speed of 105 mph at sea level. Later aircraft, designated D.IIa, were...
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    powerful powerplant, such as the 150 hp (110 kW) Benz Bz.III or a 160 hp (120 kW) Mercedes D.III engine, and had relatively favourable flying characteristics...
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    160 hp (119 kW) Mercedes D.III and later with a 185 hp (138 kW) BMW IIIa, both inline water-cooled engines. Participated in the third D-type competition...
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    L-12 V-12 liquid-cooled aviation engine, the L-6's resemblance to the Mercedes D.III German aviation engine, the source for the Liberty V-12's own cylinder...
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    surfaces. The C.III could be outfitted with various power plants, such as the 110 kW (150 hp) Benz Bz. III or 120 kW (160 hp) Mercedes D.III inline engine...
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    an almost identical manner to the inline six-cylinder German Mercedes D.III and BMW III engines. Each camshaft was driven by a vertical driveshaft that...
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    The Mercedes-Benz G-Class, colloquially known as the G-Wagen (as an abbreviation of Geländewagen), is a four-wheel drive luxury SUV manufactured by Magna...
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    The Mercedes-Benz W126 is a series of passenger cars made by Daimler-Benz AG. It was marketed as the second generation of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, and...
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    biplane. It was a development of C.III with different tail surfaces and using a Mercedes D.IVa engine in place of the C.III's Benz Bz.IV. The Rumpler 6B 2 was...
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    January 12, 2011. Brief contemporary technical description of the Dornier Rs.III or Rs.IV, with rough diagrams. "The Four-engine Giant" Notes on German Bombers...
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    was faired over. The installation of the water-cooled 160 hp (120 kW) Mercedes D.III engine remained the same with the semi-circular radiator mounted to...
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    powerplant, the W.27 with a Benz Bz.IIIb and the W.32 with the same Mercedes D.III that the original W.12 used. Like the W.12, the W.27 and W.32 were single-bay...
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    The Fokker D.IV was a German fighter biplane of World War I, a development of the D.I. The Fokker D.IV had a more powerful Mercedes D.III engine, and was...
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    the R.IV although generally similar to the V.G.O.III, retained the paired 160 hp (120 kW) Mercedes D.III engines in the nose, but was fitted with paired...
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    The D.IV was designed to test a geared version of the 120 kW (160 hp) Mercedes D.III engine. Unlike the ungeared version, the geared engine was completely...
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    built with a reduced wingspan and its Benz Bz.III engine replaced with the more powerful Mercedes D.III. Designated the WD.5, no further examples were...
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    push-rod system, driven from the rear of the crankshaft of the Mercedes D.III engine. The Albatros D.V used a new gear, designed by Werkmeister Semmler: (the...
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    of boundary layer. The C.II was powered by a single 160 hp (120 kW) Mercedes D III, providing a top speed of 165 km/h (103 mph), a ceiling of 4,000 metres...
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    crankshaft through the usual vertically-oriented shaft as the contemporary Mercedes D.III was, but the Austro-Daimler had its vertical camshaft drive system mounted...
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    arm design philosophy used on the contemporary German Mercedes D.I, Mercedes D.II and Mercedes D.III straight-six aviation powerplants. The engineering department...
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