Green E.6
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | E.6 |
| image | File:Green E6 FAAM 01.jpg |
| caption | Preserved Green E.6 on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum |
| engine_type | Piston aero engine |
| manufacturer | Green Engine Co Ltd |
| first_run | December 1911 |
| number_built | 42 |
| :: |
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The Green E.6 was a British six-cylinder, water-cooled aero engine that first ran in 1911, it was designed by Gustavus Green and built by the Green Engine Co and Mirlees, Bickerton & Day of Stockport between August 1914 and December 1918.
Applications
- Avro 504K
- Avro 523A
- Bass-Paterson flying boat
- Cody Type V
- Eastbourne Aviation Circuit biplane
- Gnosspelius Hydro Tractor Biplane
- Grahame-White Type X Charabanc
- Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2a
- Short S.68 Seaplane
- Sopwith Bat Boat
- Sopwith Three-seater
- Sopwith 1913 Circuit of Britain floatplane
- Sopwith Type TT
Engines on display
A preserved Green E.6 engine is on public display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton.
Specifications (E.6)
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and start a new, fully-formatted line with -- |ref=Lumsden |type=6-cylinder, inline, upright piston engine |bore=5.51 in (140 mm) |stroke=5.98 in (152 mm) |displacement=855.54 cu in (14.03 L) |length= |diameter= |width= |height= |weight=440 lb (200 kg) |valvetrain=Gear driven overhead camshaft, two valves per cylinder |supercharger= |turbocharger= |fuelsystem= |fueltype=40-50 octane petrol |oilsystem= |coolingsystem=Water-cooled |power=120 hp (89.5 kW) at 1,300 rpm (maximum power) |specpower=0.14 hp/cu in (6.4 kW/L) |compression= |fuelcon= |specfuelcon= |oilcon= |power/weight=0.27 hp/lb (0.45 kW/kg) |designer= |reduction_gear=Direct drive, right-hand tractor
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References
Notes
Bibliography
- Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989.
- Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .
References
- Gunston 1986, p. 74.
- Lumsden 2003, p. 156.
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