Daimler-Benz DB 600

The Daimler-Benz DB 600 was a German aircraft engine designed and built before World War II as part of a new generation of German engine technology. It was a liquid-cooled inverted V12 engine, and powered the Messerschmitt Bf 110 and Heinkel He 111 among others.

DB 600
DB 600A in a Heinkel He 111B nacelle
Type Piston V12 aircraft engine
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Daimler-Benz
First run Prototype F4A: 1932
first flight: December 1935
Major applications Messerschmitt Bf 109
Number built 2281
Developed into Daimler-Benz DB 601

Development

Most newer DB engine designs used in WW2 were based on this engine. The RLM made a set of specifications listing the technologies which the new class of German aero-engines required. Among these items was fuel injection systems rather than carburettors. Knowing that this would take some years to implement, the RLM permitted that the manufacturers could first design and produce the basic engine, and later develop it to include the injection system. The DB 600 formed this function (having in turn been developed from the Daimler-Benz F4A and F4B V12s), therefore when the injection system was ready it meant that the DB 600 was replaced by the otherwise similar DB 601, which in addition to direct fuel injection, also added the variable speed supercharger.[1] Later DB series engines grew in bore, stroke, and horsepower, including the DB 603 and DB 605, but were generally similar to the pattern created with the DB 600.

Variants
Daimler Benz DB-600 photo from L'Aerophile March 1939, shown upside-down
DB 600 A/B
1,000 PS (986 hp, 735 kW) at 2,400 rpm at sea level with 5-minute Kurzleistung (short term output)
DB 600Aa
DB 600 C/D
850 PS (838 hp, 625 kW) at 2,250 rpm at sea level with 1-minute Erhöhte Kurzleistung
910 PS (898 hp, 669 kW) at 2,400 rpm at 4,000 m (13,000 ft) with 5-minute Kurzleistung
DB 600 Ga/Ha
1,050 PS (1,036 hp, 772 kW) at 2,400 rpm at sea level with 1-minute Erhöhte Kurzleistung
1,050 PS (1,036 hp, 772 kW) at 2,400 rpm at 3,600 m (11,800 ft) with 5-minute Kurzleistung

Note:

  • DB 600 A/C/Ga with a reduction gearing of 1.55
  • DB 600 B/D/Ha with a reduction gearing of 1.88

Source:

Applications

Specifications (DB 600C/D)

Data from ,[2] Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944[3]

General characteristics
  • Type: 12-cylinder liquid-cooled supercharged 60° inverted vee aircraft piston engine
  • Bore: 150 mm (5.91 in)
  • Stroke: 160 mm (6.30 in)
  • Displacement: 33.9 L (2,070 cu in)
  • Length: 1,720 mm (67.7 in)
  • Width: 712 mm (28.0 in)
  • Height: 1,000 mm (39.4 in)
  • Dry weight: 565 kg (1,246 lb) dry, unequipped
640 kg (1,411 lb) wet, equipped

Components

Performance
  • Power output:
  • 1,050 PS (1,036 hp; 772 kW) at 3,000 rpm for takeoff
  • 910 PS (898 hp; 669 kW) at 2,400 rpm (5 minutes) at 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
  • 850 PS (838 hp; 625 kW) at 2,300 rpm (30 minutes) at 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
  • 780 PS (769 hp; 574 kW) at 2,200 rpm (max. continuous / cruise) at 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
  • Specific power: 26.8 PS/L (0.4 hp/cu in; 19.7 kW/L)
  • Compression ratio: 6.8:1
  • Specific fuel consumption: 0.225 kg/PSh (0.503 lb/(hp⋅h); 0.306 kg/kWh) at max continuous
  • Oil consumption: 0.008 kg/PSh (0.018 lb/(hp⋅h); 0.011 kg/kWh) at max continuous
  • Power-to-weight ratio: 1.639 PS/kg (0.733 hp/lb; 1.205 kW/kg)
  • B.M.E.P.: 9.45 atm (9.58 bar; 138.9 psi)
  • Reduction gear Spur
  • 600C 0.645:1
  • 600D 0.532:1

See also

Related development

Comparable engines

Related lists

References
  1. Douglas, Calum E. (2020). SECRET HORSEPOWER RACE Western Front Fighter Engine Development (Hardcover) (First ed.). Lincolnshire: TEMPEST. p. 74. ISBN 978-1911658504. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. Tsygulev (1939). Aviacionnye motory voennykh vozdushnykh sil inostrannykh gosudarstv (Авиационные моторы военных воздушных сил иностранных государств) (in Russian). Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe voennoe izdatelstvo Narkomata Oborony Soyuza SSR. Archived from the original on 2009-03-24.
  3. Schneider, Helmut (Dipl.Ing.) (1944). Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944 (in German) (Facsimile reprint 1986 ed.). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. p. 386. ISBN 381120484X.

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