Kinner K-5
| Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation | |
|---|---|
 Kinner K-5 |
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| K-5 | |
| Production period: | 1919-1946 |
| Manufacturer: | Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation |
| Working principle: | Otto |
| Motor design: | air-cooled 5-cylinder radial engine |
| Displacement: | 6103 cm 3 |
| Mixture preparation: | Carburetor |
| Engine charging: | no |
| Power: | 75 kW |
| Dimensions: | 105 kg |
| Previous model: | none |
| Successor: | Kinner B-5 |
The Kinner K-5 is a five-cylinder radial engine that was developed and built by the aircraft and engine manufacturer Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation in Glendale , California from 1919 onwards. The designer was Winfield Bert Kinner (1882-1957).
history
The K-5 was a popular engine for light general aviation aircraft and, with the boom in civil aviation after Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight , it was also installed in many military training aircraft during World War II . The K-5 was considered a reliable engine. It and its derivatives were produced a thousand times, as this design was significantly lighter than comparable in- line engines of the time. The K-5 series was also under the designations K-5B with PS 125, K-132 5B4 with PS, and K-5R with 160 hp to the end of 1946 in the Kinner engine Inc manufactured.
Numerous Kinner K-5s are still in use in vintage aircraft today.
Versions
- K-5B
- 125 PS (92 kW)
- K-5B4
- 132 PS (97 kW)
- K-5R
- 160 PS (118 kW)
Technical data (Kinner K-5)
The cylinder head was made of aluminum . The OHV valves of each cylinder are operated by their own camshaft .
General data
- Type: five-cylinder star engine
- Bore : 108 mm
- Displacement : 6.1 liters
- Length: 480 mm
- Diameter: 1100 mm
- Dry weight : 105 kg
Components
- Valves: two per cylinder
- Fuel system : Stromberg carburetor or Zenith - twin carburettor
- Fuel type: AvGas with 73 octane
- Cooling: air
Performance data
- Power : 100 HP (74 kW) maximum at 1810 revolutions per minute, 70 HP (51 kW) travel power at 1650 revolutions per minute
- Compression : 5.5: 1
- Fuel consumption: 26 liters per hour
- Oil consumption: 1.2 liters per hour
- Power-to-weight ratio : 0.964 kg / kWh
literature
- Bill Gunston: World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines . Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough 1986, p. 99-100 (English).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Winfield B. "Bert" Kinner Collection, 1919-1993. Smithsonian Institution, accessed May 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Pictures overhaul of a K-5 with detailed views
