WW1 Mercedes D.III Inline 6 Dummy Engine (Version 4) (Early Model)

Early versions of this engine hugged the side of the cylinder heads and ran inside the cowling. It then terminated outward towards the bottom of the cowling. This version features a copy of that exhaust. The Mercedes D.III, or F1466 as it was known internally, was a six-cylinder SOHC valvetrain liquid-cooled inline aircraft engine built by Daimler and used on a wide variety of German aircraft during World War I. The initial versions were introduced in 1914 at 160 hp, but a series of changes improved this to 170 hp in 1917, and 180 by mid-1918. These later models were used on almost all late-war German fighters, and its only real competition, the BMW III, was available only in very limited numbers. Compared to the Allied engines it faced, the D.III was generally outdated. Commonly Found in Aircraft Such As: AEG C.IV AGO C.I Albatros C.I Albatros C.III Albatros C.XIII N Albatros D.II Albatros D.III Albatros D.V/D.Va Albatros L 57 Albatros W.4 Aviatik C.I Aviatik C.III Daimler L11 Daim