Potez 6D

Potez 6D
Type Six cylinder air-cooled inline piston engine
National origin France
Manufacturer Société de Avions et Moteurs Henry Potez
Major applications Morane-Saulnier Alcyon



The Potez 6D is a French six cylinder inverted inline aircraft engine put into production after World War II in normal and supercharged versions. Unsupercharged, it produced a take-off power of 179 kW (240 hp) at 2,530 rpm.

Design and development

In the 1930s Potez planned a series of new engines to replace their Anzani-derived radial engines. The Potez 4D, a four cylinder inverted inline engine ran before World War II but did not reach production until the late 1940s, when it was joined by another inverted inline, the six cylinder 6D, and an eight cylinder inverted-V, the Potez 8D. The D-series engines had much in common, most obviously sharing pistons and cylinders, with the same stroke, bore and valve gear. The inlines also shared connecting rods and lubrication systems and were offered in normally aspirated or supercharged versions.[1]

Variants

Data from Jane's All the World's aircraft 1956-57 pp. 430–1[1]

6D.02
As detailed below.
6D.30
Supercharged version with a centrifugal blower mounted horizontally on top of engine and with fuel injection, giving a normal power of 194 kW (260 hp) with 227 kW (305 hp) for take-off.

Applications

Survivors

Specifications (Potez 6D 02)

Data from Jane's All the World's aircraft 1956-57 pp.430-1[1]

General characteristics

Components

Performance


References

  1. 1 2 3 Bridgman, Leonard (1956). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1956-57. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. pp. 430–1.
  2. Partington, Dave (201). European registers handbook 2014. Air Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 978-0-85130-465-6.
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