Daimler-Benz DB 601

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Daimler-Benz DB 601
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Daimler-Benz DB 601A
Type: Twelve-cylinder - V engine
Design country:

German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire

Manufacturer:

Daimler Benz

Production time:

1937-1943

Number of pieces:

19,180

Daimler-Benz DB 601 A
Aichi Atsuta 31 (DB 601 A manufactured under license)

The Daimler-Benz DB 601 was a liquid-cooled, twelve-cylinder engine - aircraft engine with 33.9 liters of displacement and direct fuel injection , which was used in many German military and record aircraft. It was developed by Daimler-Benz from 1934 on from the DB 600 carburettor engine of the same displacement .

Daimler-Benz and various contractors produced a total of 19,180 units in the German Reich between 1937 and 1943. The DB 601 was also manufactured under license in the allied Axis powers Italy and Japan .

history

Under the direction of Hans Scherenberg , Daimler-Benz in Stuttgart, in cooperation with Robert Bosch AG (since 1937 Robert Bosch GmbH), made the conversion of the DB 600 to gasoline injection ready for series production. After the first successful test runs in 1935, production of the DB 601 began in November 1937. The engine was manufactured in the Daimler-Benz factory in Berlin-Marienfelde until 1943 , at Daimler-Benz Motoren GmbH in Genshagen , the Lower Saxony engine works (NIEMO) in Braunschweig-Querum and manufactured by Henschel Flugmotorenbau (HFM) in Altenbauna near Kassel.

In 1940 at the Genshagen plant, with a production time of 2,820 hours, the cost of an engine was 29,200 Reichsmarks , which in today's currency and inflation-adjusted corresponds to a price of around 122,000 euros.

The DB 601 was used in German combat aircraft such as the Messerschmitt Bf 109 E and F , Bf 110 C to F , Me 210 , Heinkel He 100 , He 111 P , Dornier Do 215 and the Fieseler Fi 167 .

Licenses to replicate were given to Alfa Romeo , Fiat , Aichi and Kawasaki . The DB 601 was one of the most reliable and robust German aircraft engines of the Second World War .

Records

  • On November 11, 1937, a new world speed record for land aircraft of 610.950 km / h was achieved with a Messerschmitt Bf 109 V13 with a DB-601-Re / III engine with 1660 hp, the pilot was Hermann Wurster .
  • On June 5, 1938, a new world speed record for land aircraft over a distance of 100 kilometers was achieved at 634.730 km / h with a Heinkel He 100 V2 with a DB-601-Re / III engine with 1660 hp, pilot was Ernst Udet .
  • On June 8, 1938, flight captain Kindermann set a new world altitude record with 5 or 10  tons payload with a Junkers Ju 89 V2 with four DB-601-Re / IV engines with 2060 hp each. The height was 9,312 and 7242 meters.
  • On March 30, 1939, Hans Dieterle set a new absolute world speed record over a distance of 3 kilometers of 746.606 km / h with a Heinkel He 100 V8 with a DB-601-Re / V engine with 2770 hp.
  • On April 26, 1939, pilot Fritz Wendel was able to increase the absolute world speed record over a distance of 3 kilometers with a Messerschmitt Me 209 V1 with a DB-601-Re / V engine with 2770 hp to 755.138 km / h.

Versions

  • DB 601 A-1 - standard version with 1100 HP starting power over 1 minute (increased short power) or 990 HP over 5 minutes short power
    • DB 601 B-1 - version for twin-engine aircraft like the Messerschmitt Bf 110 with reduced propeller speed
  • DB 601 Aa - export version with higher performance, but lower full pressure, 1175 or 1045 HP take-off performance (1 minute / 5 minutes)
    • DB 601 Ba - version for twin-engine aircraft like the Messerschmitt Bf 110 with reduced propeller speed
  • DB 601 N - altitude-optimized engine, C3 special fuel, higher full pressure altitude, 1175 HP starting power, 3 minutes starting and emergency power
    • DB 601 P - version for twin-engine aircraft like the Messerschmitt Bf 110 with reduced propeller speed
  • DB 601 E - major revision of DB 601, pressurized water cooling for higher operating temperatures, up to 1350 HP starting power
    • DB 601 F - version for twin-engine aircraft like the Messerschmitt Bf 110 with reduced propeller speed
    • DB 601 G - version for slow multi-engine aircraft such as bombers, further reduced propeller speed
  • DB 606 A / B - two coupled DB 601 F or G on a propeller shaft direction, almost exclusively in Heinkel He 177 used

All performance data apply to sea level. The short power, which was increased for a period of one minute, was usually only available in bombers and fighter bombers in order to enable a take-off with overload. Short power or start and emergency power was available in all machines, provided it was not blocked. The engines DB 601 N and E and their variants were initially only approved for climbing and fighting power of 1020 and 1200 hp respectively.

License versions

Technical data DB 601 A-1

Remarks

  1. ↑ This figure was based on the template: Inflation determined, has been rounded to a full 1000 euros and relates to last January.

swell

  • Kyrill von Gersdorff, Kurt Grasmann: aircraft engines and jet engines. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, 1981, ISBN 3-7637-5272-2 .
  • Daimler-Benz aircraft engine DB 601. In: Aviation Lexicon, Verlag ES Mittler & Sohn, 1978, ISBN 3-87547-180-6 .

See also

Web links

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