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Daimler-Benz DB 603E with cutaway sections.
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480:(prototype with two-stage supercharger, B4 fuel)
612:An abandoned three stage supercharged DB 603G.
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1087:Major Piston Aero Engines of World War II
1169:Aviation History.com, DB 600 series page
1142:Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II
399:, rated altitude of 5.7 km, B4 fuel
332:high-altitude strategic bomber project.
280:prototype heavy fighter, the front-line
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485:Power (max): 2000 PS (1973 hp, 1471 kW)
1089:. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing.
729:- experimental installation, not flown
718:- experimental installation, not flown
431:rated altitude of 7.0 km, B4 fuel
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1144:. London. Studio Editions Ltd, 1989.
570:A long-range derivative of the DB 603
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924:0.288 kg/(kW·h) (0.474 lb/(hp·h))
1049:. Achtung Panzer. Archived from
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1156:Daimler-Benz in the Third Reich
391:unitized engines to lower right
372:DB 603 E1 at Aviaticum Museum,
161:enlargement of the 33.9 Liter
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1405:Inverted V12 aircraft engines
1400:1940s aircraft piston engines
1395:Daimler-Benz aircraft engines
1158:. Yale University Press, 1998
1108:. Stroud, UK: History Press.
863:centrifugal type supercharger
444:Prototypes and other versions
208:A Do 217N night fighter with
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680:- experimental installation
638:All power data is given in
628:engine for the super-heavy
224:DB 603s, similar to Do 217s
220:BV 238 V1 flying boat with
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920:Specific fuel consumption
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1013:List of aircraft engines
751:Specifications (DB 603A)
712:supercharger in fuselage
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933:1.29 kW/kg (0.79 hp/lb)
762:General characteristics
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652:Blohm & Voss BV 155
537:Power (max): Not known.
300:Blohm & Voss BV 238
106:Blohm & Voss BV 238
1123:Gunston, Bill (2006).
906:26.7 kW/L (0.59 hp/in)
774:aircraft piston engine
674:- two prototypes flown
576:Coupled DB 617 engines
564:Coupled DB 614 engines
558:a 2000 PS development.
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282:Messerschmitt Me 410
122:Messerschmitt Me 410
1071:Jane's 1989, p.290.
1001:Rolls-Royce Griffon
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959:Daimler-Benz DB 605
954:Daimler-Benz DB 601
949:Daimler-Benz DB 600
943:Related development
852:per cylinder block.
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341:Production versions
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134:Daimler-Benz DB 601
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819:1156 mm (45.5 in)
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640:metric horsepower
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262:
227:
221:
209:
171:
151:World War II
149:used during
142:
140:
86:Daimler-Benz
29:
1356:Turboshafts
883:Performance
357:DB 603E at
259:A9 Autobahn
234:Josef Mickl
153:. It was a
1389:Categories
1352:Turboprops
1057:8 November
1024:References
840:Valvetrain
833:Components
824:Dry weight
478:DB 603L/LA
311:-specific
246:Hans Stuck
242:Grand Prix
92:First run
1329:Turbofans
756:Data from
710:HZ-Anlage
672:Fiat G.56
491:DB 603L/M
938:See also
413:DB 603AA
336:Variants
304:unitized
285:Hornisse
1364:109-021
1337:109-007
817:Height:
805:Length:
526:DB 603S
507:DB 603N
462:DB 603G
456:DB 603F
450:DB 603D
429:DB 603E
397:DB 603A
389:Kraftei
322:He 177B
318:Kraftei
313:Kraftei
309:Heinkel
222:Kraftei
210:Kraftei
194:Ta 152C
76:Germany
35:DB 603
1374:DB 721
1369:DB 720
1342:DB 730
1319:DB 632
1314:DB 628
1309:DB 627
1304:DB 622
1299:DB 621
1294:DB 616
1289:DB 614
1284:DB 613
1279:DB 612
1274:DB 610
1269:DB 609
1264:DB 607
1259:DB 606
1254:DB 605
1249:DB 604
1244:DB 603
1239:DB 602
1234:DB 601
1229:DB 600
1148:
1131:
1112:
1093:
846:sodium
811:Width:
788:Stroke
758:Jane's
622:MB 509
616:DB 632
610:DB 631
604:DB 627
598:DB 626
592:DB 624
586:DB 623
580:DB 622
574:DB 618
568:DB 617
562:DB 615
556:DB 614
543:DB 613
363:Munich
330:He 274
255:Dessau
190:BV 155
186:Me 410
182:He 219
178:Do 335
167:DB 600
163:DB 601
58:Piston
18:DB 603
1029:Notes
768:Type:
278:Pfeil
250:MW 50
95:1939
54:Type
1146:ISBN
1129:ISBN
1110:ISBN
1091:ISBN
1059:2011
1045:Maus
779:Bore
632:Maus
626:tank
385:NASM
383:The
228:The
192:and
141:The
292:Uhu
159:V12
61:V12
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361:,
196:.
188:,
184:,
180:,
176:,
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