The Franklin O-805 (company designation 12AC) was an American air-cooled aircraft piston engine, designed in the mid-1940s and was to be used in radio-controlled pilotless drones that were to be guided from an accompanying control plane. Due to project requirement changes and cancellations the engine was not produced.[1]
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Franklin O-805 on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force | |
Type | 12-cylinder horizontally opposed piston engine |
Manufacturer | Franklin Engine Company |
First run | c.1945 |
A smaller displacement 12-cylinder Franklin engine of 1941 was known as the O-595 or 12AC-596.
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