Junkers L5

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The Junkers L5 was a six-cylinder, water-cooled, inline aircraft engine built in Germany during the 1920s. First run in 1925, it was a development of the Junkers L2, in turn a licenced development of the BMW IV.

[edit] Specifications (Jumo L5G)

General characteristics

• Type: 6 cylinder liquid cooled inline
• Bore: 160 mm (6.30in)
• Stroke: 190 mm (7.48 in)
• Displacement: (1398.1 cu in)
• Length: 1,780 mm (70.86 in)
• Width: 650 mm (25.59 in)
• Height: 1,215 mm (47.84 in)
• Dry weight: 342 kg (754.1 lb)

Components

• Fuel type: 80 octane
• Cooling system: liquid

Performance

• Power output: 260 kW (350 hp)
• Compression ratio: 5.50:1
• Power-to-weight ratio: 2.01 lb/hp @ cruise speed

[edit] Applications

• Albatros L 73
• Albatros L 75
• Focke-Wulf A 32
• Heinkel HD 42
• Heinkel He 50
• Junkers F 13
• Junkers A 20
• Junkers A 35
• Junkers G 23
• Junkers G 24
• Junkers K 30
• Junkers G 31
• Junkers W 33
• Messerschmitt M24
• Rohrbach Ro.VIII

[edit] References

• The Hugo Junkers Homepage
• http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/Duxford/germaer1.htm

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