Isotta Fraschini V.5

Isotta Fraschini V.5
Type Eight cylinder water cooled inline aircraft engine
National origin Italy
Manufacturer Isotta Fraschini
First run 1915



The Isotta Fraschini V.5 of 1916 was an Italian eight-cylinder, water-cooled, in-line piston aero engine of World War I. The "V" denoted "Volo" or "flight" rather than piston arrangement.[1]

Design

The V.5's construction was fairly typical of aircraft engines of the period with cast-iron cylinders mounted in pairs with common heads and water jackets. It had much in common with the six-cylinder Isotta Fraschini V.4 and was built at a similar time. Though powerful, it was very heavy and thus, like some other Isotta Fraschini engines, better suited to airships than aircraft.[1]


Applications

Specifications

Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War I (2001)[2]

General characteristics

Components

Performance


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gunston, Bill (1989). World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines (2 ed.). Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 1-85260-163-9.
  2. Taylor, Michael (2001). Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War I. London: Jane's Publishing Company. p. 290. ISBN 1-85170-347-0.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Isotta Fraschini". Retrieved 23 June 2013.