| RBVZ-6 | |
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| RBVZ-6 engine fitted to Sikorsky Ilya Muromets No.167 | |
| Type | Water-cooled inline-six aero engine |
| National origin | Russian Empire |
| Manufacturer | Russo-Baltic Wagon Factory (RBVZ) |
| First run | 1915 |
| Major applications | Sikorsky Ilya Muromets |
| Number built | 70 |
| Developed from | Benz Bz.III |
The RBVZ-6 (Russian: РБВЗ-6) was a WW1 era inline-six aircraft engine built by the Russo-Baltic Wagon Factory (RBVZ) at their workshops in Riga, Petrograd and Moscow. The engine was based on the German Benz Bz.III. RBVZ-6 engines powered several variants of the Sikorsky Ilya Muromets aircraft.[1]
- ^ Kotelnikov, Vladimir (2010). Отечественные авиационные поршневые моторы. 1910–2009 [Domestic aircraft piston engines. 1910–2009] (in Russian). Litres. pp. 54–63. ISBN 978-5-91244-017-5.
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