Curtiss D-12 Explained

The Curtiss D-12, sometimes identified with the military designation Curtiss V-1150, was an aircraft engine of 18.8 liter displacement. It was a water-cooled V12, producing 443 hp (330 kW) and weighing 693 lb (314 kg). It was designed by Arthur Nutt in 1921 and used in the Curtiss CR-3 for the 1923 Schneider Trophy race. Fairey Aviation of England imported 50 Curtiss-built examples in 1926, renaming them the Fairey Felix.^{[1] [2]}

The D-12 was one of the first truly successful aluminum cast-block engines and was extremely influential in the interwar period. Numerous engines trace their design to the D-12, among them the Packard 1A-1500, Rolls-Royce Kestrel and Junkers Jumo 210.

Applications

D-12

• Boeing Model 15
• Curtiss CR
• Curtiss Falcon
• Curtiss P-5
• Curtiss PW-8
• Curtiss R2C
• Fokker D.XII
• Macchi M.33
• Wittman D-12 Bonzo

Felix

• Fairey Firefly I
• Fairey Fox

References

Bibliography

• Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .

External links

• Great Aircraft Engines - Curtiss D-12
• "The Curtiss Model CD-12 400 H.P. Aero Engine" a 1922 Flight article on the CD-12

Notes and References

1. Lumsden 2003, p.148.
2. Skyways. July 1999.