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Curtiss Model K (engine)

Field	Value
name	Model K
image	Curtiss K aircraft engine.jpg
caption	Curtiss Model K aircraft engine on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
engine_type	Piston aero engine
manufacturer	Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
designer	Glenn H. Curtiss
national_origin	United States
major_applications	Curtiss Model D

The Curtiss Model K, also known as the Model H, was an early aircraft piston engine with four inline cylinders.

"Among the most successful early engines marketed in the United States were those designed and built by aviation pioneer and inventor Glenn Curtiss in his factory in Hammondsport, New York. Curtiss introduced the Model K in 1911. This engine was an enlarged and improved version of an earlier Curtiss in-line air- and water-cooled power plant. Each cylinder in the engine had a single push rod and rocker arm, which operated the inlet and exhaust valves."

"The Model K powered the Curtiss Type D pusher airplane, the U.S. Army's second aircraft after the 1909 Wright Military Flyer."

Specifications

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Notes

References

(1921). "Airplane Engine Encyclopedia". THE OTTERBEIN PRESS.
This article contains material that originally came from the placard at the [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]].

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