The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
German aircraft propeller for 200hp Benz engine. Light coloured laminated wood, 9 feet X 9 inches in length with steel hub fitting. Stamped on hub is the following: 'no 3831 200 P.S Benz D.297 stq.' Blades are 9 1/2 inches in width, and are fabricated from 8 laminations.
The 200 HP Benz Bz.IV was a six cylinder inline aero engine produced from 1916. About 6,400 were produced. There were two inlet and outlet valves and two spark plugs per cylinder. The engine had two carburettors and two magnetos.
This engine was used in two-seater and Risenflugzeug (Giant) aircraft as well as prototypes. Common types that used the engine are the AEG J.I and Albatros J.I armoured infantry co-operation/ground attack aircraft. Reconaissance aircraft that used the engine included the Albatros C.II, Ago C.IV, Halberstadt C.V, LVG C.VI. The Pfalz D.XII single-seat fighter also was fitted with this engine. Marine aircraft included the Friedrichshafen FF.49 as well as the Rumpler G.II and Friedrichshafen G.II bombers.
Thin stamped metal data plate 75 mm x 36 mm, from a Benz Bz IV aircraft in line engine. Plate has two holes in short sides to attach to engine. Black with raised type and stamped numbers on raised bas
German Aircraft Propeller for 220HP Mercedes Engine. 3300 mm (10 feet 9 inches) in length, blades 300 mm (12 inches) in width. Wooden laminated construction, with a dark brown appearance. The wooden
Metal Plate from Benz engine. Reads: Motor Benz No 25547. Dimension of plate 79 mm x 15 mm. Figures are impressed and appear to have been blackened. Karl Benz established his first factory at Man
Wooden laminated twin bladed propeller fitted to a German multi-engined R plane. Fabricated from 16 laminations, each lamination 12mm thick. Possibly from the same aircraft as RELAWM11639. Stamped
Wooden Propeller (500 mm diameter with blades 110 mm wide at deepest part.) Used to drive generators on German aircraft by wind power. The generators powered the radio and heated flying suits where ap
Gnome 7 Omega, 50hp, 7-cylinder, single-row rotary air-cooled, poppet-valve. Bore/stroke 110 x 120mm. Vol. 488.5 cu ins. Direct R.H. tractor/L.H. pusher-drive. Engine is mounted on a metal stand. Two
