Curtiss C-6 Explained

The Curtiss C-6 is a six-cylinder, water-cooled, inline aircraft engine.^[1]

Design and development

The C-6 features an overhead cam and aluminum cylinder jackets. Further development as a V-12 engine was carried out resulting in the C-12 and CD-12 engines.

Variants

6-cylinder water-cooled in-line engine

Applications

• Curtiss Lark
• Curtiss Oriole
• Curtiss MF Seagull
• Laird C-6 Special
• Pitcairn PA-1 Fleetwing
• Pitcairn PA-2 Sesquiwing
• Travel Air 2000
• Waco 9
• Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.3

Engines on display

• The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington has a Curtiss C-6A on display.
• The Canada Aviation and Space Museum has a Curtiss C-6A mounted on its Curtiss MF Seagull.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joe Gertler's Memaerolbilia. 17 Feb 2011. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104620/http://www.memaerobilia.com/engineselection.asp. dead.
2. Web site: Curtiss Seagull. 17 Feb 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110110040442/http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/collections/artifacts/aircraft/CurtissSeagull/. 10 January 2011. dead.