Isotta Fraschini V.5
Type Eight-cylinder water-cooled inline aircraft engine
National origin Italy
Manufacturer Isotta Fraschini
First run 1915

The Isotta Fraschini V.5 of 1916 was an Italian eight-cylinder, water-cooled, in-line piston aero engine of World War I. The "V" denoted "Volo" or "flight" rather than piston arrangement.[1]

Design

The V.5's construction was fairly typical of aircraft engines of the period with cast-iron cylinders mounted in pairs with common heads and water jackets. It had much in common with the six-cylinder Isotta Fraschini V.4 and was built at a similar time. Though powerful, it was very heavy and thus, like some other Isotta Fraschini engines, better suited to airships than aircraft.[1]


Applications

Specifications

Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War I (2001)[2]

General characteristics

Components

Performance

References

  1. ^ a b c d Gunston, Bill (1989). World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines (2 ed.). Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 1-85260-163-9.
  2. ^ Taylor, Michael (2001). Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War I. London: Jane's Publishing Company. p. 290. ISBN 1-85170-347-0.
  3. ^ a b c "Isotta Fraschini". Retrieved 23 June 2013.
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