Daimler-Benz DB 600

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DB 600
DB600A NII VVS.jpg
DB 600A in a Heinkel He 111B nacelle
Type Piston V12 aircraft engine
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Daimler-Benz
First runPrototype F4A: 1932
first flight: December 1935
Major applications Heinkel He 111
Number built2281
Developed into Daimler-Benz DB 601

The Daimler-Benz DB 600 was a German aircraft engine designed and built before World War II as part of a new generation of German engines. It was a liquid-cooled inverted V12 engine, and powered the Messerschmitt Bf 110 and Heinkel He 111 among others.

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Development

Most newer DB engine designs used in WW2 were based on this engine. The RLM made a set of specifications listing the specifications which the new class of German aero-engines required. Among these was fuel injection systems rather than normal-aspiration (carburetion). Knowing that this would take some years to implement, the RLM permitted that the manufacturers could first design and produce the basic engine, and later develop it to include the injection system. The DB 600 formed this function (having in turn been developed from the Daimler-Benz F4A and F4B V12s), therefore when the injection system was ready it meant that the DB 600 was replaced by the otherwise similar DB 601, which in addition to direct fuel injection, also added the variable speed supercharger. [1] Later DB series engines grew in bore, stroke, and horsepower, including the DB 603 and DB 605, but were generally similar to the pattern created with the DB 600.

Variants

Daimler Benz DB-600 photo from L'Aerophile March 1939, shown upside-down Daimler Benz DB-600 L'Aerophile March 1939.jpg
Daimler Benz DB-600 photo from L'Aerophile March 1939, shown upside-down
DB 600 A/B
1,000 PS (986 hp, 735 kW) at 2,400 rpm at sea level with 5-minute Kurzleistung (short term output)
DB 600Aa
DB 600 C/D
850 PS (838 hp, 625 kW) at 2,250 rpm at sea level with 1-minute Erhöhte Kurzleistung
910 PS (898 hp, 669 kW) at 2,400 rpm at 4,000 m (13,000 ft) with 5-minute Kurzleistung
DB 600 Ga/Ha
1,050 PS (1,036 hp, 772 kW) at 2,400 rpm at sea level with 1-minute Erhöhte Kurzleistung
1,050 PS (1,036 hp, 772 kW) at 2,400 rpm at 3,600 m (11,800 ft) with 5-minute Kurzleistung

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Applications

Specifications (DB 600C/D)

Data from , [2] Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944 [3]

General characteristics

640 kg (1,411 lb) wet, equipped

Components

Performance

  • 1,050 PS (1,036 hp; 772 kW) at 3,000 rpm for takeoff
  • 910 PS (898 hp; 669 kW) at 2,400 rpm (5 minutes) at 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
  • 850 PS (838 hp; 625 kW) at 2,300 rpm (30 minutes) at 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
  • 780 PS (769 hp; 574 kW) at 2,200 rpm (max. continuous / cruise) at 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
  • 600C 0.645:1
  • 600D 0.532:1

See also

Related development

Comparable engines

Related lists

References

  1. ↑ Douglas, Calum E. (2020). SECRET HORSEPOWER RACE Western Front Fighter Engine Development (Hardcover) (First ed.). Lincolnshire: TEMPEST. p. 74. ISBN   978-1911658504 . Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ↑ Tsygulev (1939). Aviacionnye motory voennykh vozdushnykh sil inostrannykh gosudarstv (Авиационные моторы военных воздушных сил иностранных государств) (in Russian). Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe voennoe izdatelstvo Narkomata Oborony Soyuza SSR. Archived from the original on 2009-03-24.
  3. ↑ Schneider, Helmut (Dipl.Ing.) (1944). Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944 (in German) (Facsimile reprint 1986 ed.). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. p. 386. ISBN   381120484X.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

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