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In 1936 the Junkerswerke
in Dessau developed the "Jumo 210". This engine was a 12 cylinder in-line
engine. The cylinders were arranged in a "hanging" V-shape. It was a liquid-cooled
engine with carburetor and a charger for high altitutes. The "Jumo 210
Da" engine, used in the "Bf 109 B" and "C" had an average power of 690 hp.
The "Jumo 210 Ga" also was
used in the "Bf 109 C" and had (as the first engine worldwide) a direct
fuel injection system, that gave him a maximal power of 730 hp.
To increase the power of
the "Messerschmidt", the constructors were searching for a more powerful
engine and found it with the "Daimler-Benz DB 600". This engine was developed
in 1932. It was a liquid cooled and in version "DB 600 A" it was produced,
with a maximum power of 800 hp. Like "Jumo 210" the "DB 600" was a 12 zylinder
engine with charger but no injection system.
This engine only saw duty
in the small "Bf 109 D" series, because it soon was replaced by "DB 601".
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In 1934, the "DB 600" was
reconstructed and was fittet with a fuel injection system. Apart from this
change and a changed airscrew transmission, the "DB 601" didn´t differ
much from his predicessor.
Like the "Jumo 210" and
the "DB 600", the "DB 601" was a liquid cooled 12 cylinder engine. Again
the cylinders were arranged in a "hanging V".
The different Versions of
the "DB 601" saw duty in all "Bf 109 E", "T", "F" and the preproduction
of "Bf 109 G" the "G-0".
The "DB 601" gave the "Bf
109" (in it´s version A and N) 1175 hp, later, the DB 601 E had
1350 hp.
For a short time it was
even possible to increase the power of the engine by giving him the so
called "Schuss" (shoot). In this process, a mixture of water and methanol
was injectetd in the cooling, what increased the power for about 5 minutes.
The "DB 605", a consequent
developement of the "DB 601", was used in the "Bf 109 G".
The engines basic version
("DB 605 A") had a maximum power of 1475 hp. With the water-methanol-injection,
the "DB 605 AM" was able to reach even 1800 hp.
The "DB 605", in all his
many variations was not only used in all "Bf 109 G" series, but also in
the "Bf 109 K".