Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
- Designer
- Glenn H. Curtiss
- Manufacturer
- Willys-Morrow Company (Curtiss)
- Physical Description
- Type: Reciprocating, water-cooled, V-8
- Power rating: 67 kW (90 hp) at 1,200 rpm
- Displacement: 8.3 L (502.8 cu in)
- Bore and Stroke: 102 mm (4 in.) x 127 mm (5 in.)
- Weight (dry): 145 kg (320 lb)
- Summary
- More than 10,000 of these V-8 engines were manufactured, most of them for use in Curtiss JN-4 Jenny trainers. After World War I, thousands of OX-5s and Jennies were sold to the public at a fraction of their original cost to the government. In addition, during the 1920s, the OX-5 engine powered airplanes developed for civil aircraft by Waco, Laird, Curtiss, Fairchild, Alexander, Travel Air, and many other firms.
- The availability of a well-proven, inexpensive engine in such quantity was a mixed blessing -- it allowed many people to fly who could not afford a more expensive engine, but manufacturers of more modern power plants suffered.
- Credit Line
- On Loan from the War Department, Air Service, Washington, D.C.
- 1919
- Inventory Number
- A19200008000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Reciprocating & Rotary
- Materials
- Metal
- Dimensions
- Length 144.1 cm (56.75 in.), Width 75.6 cm (29.75 in.,) Height 93.3 cm (36.75 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Title
- Curtiss OX-5 V-8 Engine
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19200008000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9fdf382e0-000d-4ad6-802c-adb747bc0170
