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BMW IV

Field	Value
name	BMW IV
image	File:BMW IVa vl TCE.jpg
caption	Preserved BMW IVa
engine_type	Inline engine
manufacturer	BMW
first_run	1919
developed_into

The BMW IV was a six-cylinder, water-cooled inline aircraft engine built in Germany in the 1920s. Power was in the 180 kW (250 hp) range.

World record

On 17 June 1919 Franz Zeno Diemer flew a DFW F37, powered by a BMW IV engine to an unofficial world record height of 9760 m from Oberwiesenfeld, reaching that altitude in 89 minutes. Diemer stated at the time, "I could have gone much higher, but I didn't have enough oxygen."

Applications

Arado SC I
Albatros L 72
Albatros L 74
Caspar C 27
DFW F37
Heinkel HD 22
Heinkel HD 24
Heinkel HD 39
Junkers A 35
Junkers F 13
LFG V 59
LFG V 60
Polikarpov R-1 BMW (Soviet unlicensed copy of Airco DH.9A)
Kalinin K-Series
Rohrbach Ro VII Robbe
Rohrbach Ro VIII Roland I
Type 91 Heavy Tank
Type 95 Heavy Tank

Specifications

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References

"BMW group".
[https://bmw-grouparchiv.de/research/detail/index.xhtml?id=3052440 bmw-grouparchiv.de] Retrieved: 5 December 2016

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