Packard V-1650

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The Packard V-1650 is an American-built version of the Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 aircraft engine, produced under license by Packard and widely used in World War II fighters such as the P-51 Mustang.

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Generate an image of the Packard V-1650 (The Packard V-1650 is an American-built version of the Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 aircraft engine, produced under license by Packard and widely used in World War II fighters such as the P-51 Mustang.)

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Packard V-1650 canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf V-12 engine ⓘ
aircraft engine ⓘ
liquid-cooled piston engine ⓘ
alliedService Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
application bomber aircraft (limited use) ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
basedOn Rolls-Royce Merlin ⓘ
compressionRatio varied by variant ⓘ
configuration 60-degree V-12 ⓘ
coolant water-glycol mixture ⓘ
coolingSystem liquid-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
cylinderBore 5.4 inches ⓘ
designOrigin Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ
displacement 1649 cubic inches ⓘ
27 litres ⓘ
era 1940s ⓘ
firstFlightService early 1940s ⓘ
fuelDelivery updraft carburetor (early) and improved carburetion (later) ⓘ
fuelSystem carbureted ⓘ
fuelType aviation gasoline ⓘ
ignitionSystem dual magneto ⓘ
induction supercharged ⓘ
licenseManufacturerOf Rolls-Royce Merlin ⓘ
manufacturer Packard Motor Car Company ⓘ
notableFeature high-altitude performance ⓘ
two-stage two-speed supercharger (later variants) ⓘ
notableImpact significantly improved performance of Merlin-powered American fighters ⓘ
notableRole enabled long-range escort capability of P-51 Mustang ⓘ
notableVariant V-1650-3 ⓘ
V-1650-7 ⓘ
linked to: V-1650-3
pistonStroke 6.0 inches ⓘ
powerOutputRange 1300 to over 1700 horsepower depending on variant ⓘ
productionType license-built ⓘ
superchargerStages 1 (early variants) ⓘ
2 (later variants) ⓘ
usedInAircraft Avro Lancaster (experimental installations) ⓘ
Curtiss P-40 ⓘ
North American P-51 Mustang ⓘ
P-51B Mustang ⓘ
P-51C Mustang ⓘ
P-51D Mustang ⓘ
P-51K Mustang ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
valvesPerCylinder 4 ⓘ
valvetrain single overhead camshaft per bank ⓘ
warProduction mass-produced ⓘ

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

Rolls-Royce Merlin → licenseBuiltAs → Packard V-1650 ⓘ
V-1650-3 → family → Packard V-1650 ⓘ