BMW IV explained

The BMW IV was a six-cylinder, water-cooled inline aircraft engine built in Germany in the 1920s. Power was in the 180 kW (250 hp) range.

World record

On 17 June 1919 Franz Zeno Diemer flew a DFW F37, powered by a BMW IV engine to an unofficial world record height of 9760abbr=onNaNabbr=on from Oberwiesenfeld, reaching that altitude in 89 minutes.^[1] Diemer stated at the time, "I could have gone much higher, but I didn't have enough oxygen."

Applications

• Arado SC I
• Albatros L 72
• Albatros L 74
• Caspar C 27
• DFW F37
• Heinkel HD 22
• Heinkel HD 24
• Heinkel HD 39
• Junkers A 35
• Junkers F 13
• LFG V 59
• LFG V 60
• Polikarpov R-1 BMW (Soviet unlicensed copy of Airco DH.9A)
• Rohrbach Ro VII Robbe
• Rohrbach Ro VIII Roland I
• Type 91 Heavy Tank
• Type 95 Heavy Tank

Notes and References

1. Web site: BMW group. 27 July 2013. 28 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120228204311/http://www.bmwgroup.com/e/nav/index.html?http://www.bmwgroup.com/e/0_0_www_bmwgroup_com/forschung_entwicklung/science_club/veroeffentlichte_artikel/2008/news200804.html. dead.