We briefly cover the history of the inline 6 engine in aviation and then go over technical information to determine it's suitability for light aircraft,
attempting to uncover the reason for it's disappearance from modern aviation.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Inline 6 Legacy
0:22 - The Race for More Horsepower (Early WWI)
1:33 - End of the Road for the Rotary
2:17 - The Rise of the Inline Engines
3:08 - New Kid on the Block (BMW IIIa)
4:06 - Inline 6 Setting Performance Records
4:53 - Inline 6 Advantages
5:55 - Inline 6 Primary Balance
7:34 - Inline 6 Secondary Balance
10:11 - Firing Interval
10:28 - Why the Inline 6 is Superior
10:48 - Inline 6 Disadvantages
11:44 - The Disappearance of the Inline 6 in WWII
12:31 - The Inline 6 in Modern Aviation

Image attribution:
BMW M3 engine-author Michael Price ([ Ссылка ]) cropped, face overlaid
Fast and the Furious inline 6-author Poudou99 ([ Ссылка ]) cropped, face overlaid
Mercedes D.II author-Franco Atirador ([ Ссылка ]) no changes
Mercedes D.III (two photos) author Zenwort ([ Ссылка ]) no changes
D.IIIa on Fokker D.VII-author Kogo ([ Ссылка ]) cropped & text caption overlaid
BMW IIIa-author Chris and Kelly ([ Ссылка ]) no changes
BMW IIIa cutaway-author Piotr Witkowski ([ Ссылка ]) no changes
Fokker D.VII-author Julian Herzog ([ Ссылка ]) cropped + zoom
BMW IV author-Stahlkocher ([ Ссылка ]) no changes
Siddeley-Puma MilMusBuc-author Zenwort ([ Ссылка ]) arrow overlaid, cropped
DH.88 Comet-author Woldere ([ Ссылка ]) text caption overlaid + zoom
De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide-author Falcon® Photography ([ Ссылка ]) zoom & cropped
Brown B-2-author SDASM Archives ([ Ссылка ]) text caption overlaid
Zlin142 Rob Harrison "The Tumbling Bear"-author Tomás Del Coro ([ Ссылка ]) zoom + crop & text caption overlaid
Zlin Z-126 Letecké muzeum-author Palickap ([ Ссылка ]) cropped & text caption overlaid
Replica Sopwith Camel uncovered-author Alan Wilson ([ Ссылка ]) cropped + zoom
Austro Engine AE500-author Waerfelu ([ Ссылка ]) no changes
Titan T-51 Mustang-author Bidgee ([ Ссылка ]) no changes
AeroVolga LA-8-author Aleksandr Markin ([ Ссылка ]) no changes
Zlín Z-42-author bomberpilot ([ Ссылка ]) cropped & text caption overlaid
Zlin43-author Aleksandr Markin ([ Ссылка ]) no changes
Zlin Z-526 Trener-author Mike Burdett ([ Ссылка ]) cropped
Mercedes D.II-author Aconcagua ([ Ссылка ]) cropped
Fokker D.VII with Hispano-Suiza 8F & Daimler D.III-author Valder137 ([ Ссылка ]) cropped + pan & zoom
Walter M-337-author Ltosnar ([ Ссылка ]) no changes

Video attribution:
Inline 6 Cylinder animation-author MichaelFrey ([ Ссылка ]) freeze frame + cropped
4stroke animation-author Zephyris ([ Ссылка ]) freeze frame + overlaid arrows
Inline 4 Cylinder animation-author MichaelFrey ([ Ссылка ]) cropped + overlaid arrows
Fokker DVII Mercedes run up at Antique Aero by Gregory Rydquist ([ Ссылка ]), License CC-BY
Fighter Pilot | Training | WW1 by BlackBearSix.TV ([ Ссылка ]), License CC-BY
WWI - Fighter Planes by Loch of Shining Waters ([ Ссылка ]), License CC-BY
TVAL WWI aircraft display at Wings over Wairarapa 2021 by Lspace ([ Ссылка ]), License CC-BY
Sopwith Camel Run Old Warden by Oldwardenman ([ Ссылка ]), License CC-BY
Spinning Bike Wheel and Conservation of Angular Momentum by MITK12Videos ([ Ссылка ]), License CC-BY
Spitfire Recognition| US Air Force Instructional Film (1944) by Armoured Archivist ([ Ссылка ]) License CC-BY
Sopwith Camel fires up its engine by Scribex ([ Ссылка ]) License CC-BY
Junkers Filmdokumente by Hugo Junkers ([ Ссылка ] and [ Ссылка ]) License CC-BY

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