Maybach Mb.IVa

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The Maybach Mb.IVa was a six-cylinder, water-cooled, inline aircraft engine developed in Germany during World War I originally to power airships and large aircraft, with high-altitude performance specifically in mind. It had three different carburettor settings, each optimised for performance at different altitudes and developed 180 kW (245 hp).

[edit] Applications

• Albatros L 58
• Svenska S.1 ??????
• Heinkel HE 1
• FVM S 21
• Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.III
• Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.IV
• Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI
• Zeppelin-Staaken R.XIV
• Zeppelin-Staaken R.XV

[edit] Links

• Germany's giant aircraft of WWI the R-Planes
• Schütte-Lanz
• Zeppelin

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