The Napier Culverin was a licence-built version of the German Junkers Jumo 204, a six-cylinder, twelve-piston opposed-piston liquid-cooled diesel aircraft engine, made by D. Napier and Son and named after the French word for an early cannon. Two crankshafts at the top and bottom of the engine were coupled by gears and the inlet and exhaust ports were uncovered by the pistons, as in a petrol two-stroke. It displaced 28.5 litres and produced 821 horsepower. First flown in 1938, it went into limited production and was tested on a Blackburn Iris V flying boat and a Fairey IIIF biplane. Napier later revived the work for the Nomad.
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built by D. Napier & Son
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12-piston 6-cylinder vertical opposed-piston liquid-cooled diesel engine
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six-cylinder vertically opposed liquid-cooled diesel aircraft engine built by D. Napier & Son
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six-cylinder vertically opposed liquid-cooled diesel aircraft engine built by D. Napier & Son
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First flown in 1938, the engine went into limited production
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built by D. Napier & Son
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six-cylinder vertically opposed liquid-cooled diesel aircraft engine built by D. Napier & Son
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testing carried out on a Blackburn Iris V biplane flying-boat aircraft and Fairey IIIF biplane
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