Liberty L-12

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The Liberty L-12 is a World War I–era American 12-cylinder liquid-cooled aircraft engine widely used to power Allied military aircraft.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Liberty L-12 canonical 4

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf V-12 engine ⓘ
aircraft engine ⓘ
liquid-cooled engine ⓘ
bore 5 inches ⓘ
compressionRatio about 5.4:1 ⓘ
configuration 60-degree V-12 ⓘ
coolingSystem liquid-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
cylinders 12 ⓘ
developer Elbert J. Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jesse G. Vincent ⓘ
displacement 1649 cubic inches ⓘ
27.0 liters ⓘ
era World War I era ⓘ
firstRun 1917 ⓘ
fuelType gasoline ⓘ
legacy influential in later American aircraft engine design ⓘ
manufacturer Buick ⓘ
Cadillac ⓘ
Ford Motor Company ⓘ
General Motors ⓘ
Lincoln Motor Company ⓘ
linked to: Ford Motor Company

Mack Trucks ⓘ
Nordyke and Marmon Company ⓘ
linked to: Marmon Group

Packard Motor Car Company ⓘ
notableApplication Airco DH-9A (U.S.-supplied) ⓘ
Caproni bombers (U.S.-supplied) ⓘ
Curtiss H-16 flying boat ⓘ
DH-4 ⓘ
Handley Page O/400 (U.S.-built variants) ⓘ
linked to: Handley Page O/400

Martin MB-1 ⓘ
notableFeature interchangeable parts ⓘ
standardized design for mass production ⓘ
postwarUse airship powerplants ⓘ
civil aircraft ⓘ
high-speed boats ⓘ
racing boats ⓘ
powerOutput about 400 horsepower ⓘ
approximately 298 kilowatts ⓘ
productionPeriod 1917–1920s ⓘ
productionQuantity over 20,000 units ⓘ
stroke 7 inches ⓘ
usedBy Allied powers ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Service ⓘ
usedFor bombers ⓘ
fighters (limited) ⓘ
flying boats ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
usedInConflict World War I ⓘ
valvetrain single overhead camshaft ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Airco DH.4 → typicalEngine → Liberty L-12 ⓘ
DH-4 → typicalEngine → Liberty L-12 ⓘ