The 1914 water-cooled Curtiss V-2 and V-3 were designed by Charles Manly and were the first Curtiss V-8.
Curtiss V-2
Era
Curtiss S
The Curtiss S of 1912 was a six-cylinder inline water-cooled aero engine. It produced 60hp@1600rpm from 376.98ci displacement and a dry weight of 245 lb.
Curtiss Crusader
The Curtiss Crusader was an early six-cylinder engine of 120 hp.
Curtiss C-4
The Curtiss C-4 engine was a four-cylinder, inline, air-cooled engine producing 25hp@1800rpm. With a displacement of 165.12ci, it weighed 110 lb.
Curtiss C-1
The Curtiss C-1, built circa 1904, was the first Curtiss engine. It was a single-cylinder, air-cooled engine of 26.96ci.
Displacement: 26.96ci
Power: 3hp@1800rpm
Bore: 3.25″
Stroke: 3.25″
Height: 17″
Length: 10″
Width: 3.125″
Dry weight: 40 lb
Curtiss H / K
The Curtiss H & K aero engines were four-cylinder, inline, water cooled of 251.32ci. They produced 40hp@1500rpm with a dry weight of 175 lb.
Curtiss A-8
The Curtiss A-8 was an air-cooled, eight-cylinder V engine of 215.68ci displacement. It produced 30hp@1800rpm with a dry weight of 140 lb.
Curtiss A-4
The Curtiss A-4 was an air-cooled, four-cylinder inline engine of 107.84ci displacement. It produced 15hp@1800rpm with a dry weight of 90 lb.
Curtiss 1910 Bennett Racer monoplane
The 1910 Curtiss Bennett Racer monoplane was the first Glen Curtiss monoplane.
Span: 26’3″
Length: 25′
Weight: 600 lb gross
Curtiss C-12
The 1919 Curtiss C-12 was a redesigned K-12. A six-cylinder water cooled engine, it produced 427hp@2250rpm and weighed 705 lb.
The CD-12 was a C-12 with direct-drive prop, producing 325hp@1800rpm with a dry weight of 680 lb.
The Curtiss triplane specifically designed around the Curtiss C-12 engine captured both a world altitude record for a non-supercharged plane and a world speed record (piloted by Roland Rohlfs).
