During World War I, designer Chass King obtained authorization from the Aircraft Board to test five aviation engines.

-Charles B. King of the AME Office of Aeronautical Production.

-He started the engine construction work at the Brewster and Company plant in Long Island, but soon everything was sent to Mc Cook Field to finish his work in Dayton, OH.

-We have some images of the V-12 engine with 350 hp.

“Three schematic views of the engine”

-It had three valves per cylinder, one for intake and two for exhaust.

-The front gear has superimposed gears.

-It had the capacity to be located in the same space of the older Liberty engines while giving more power and being somewhat smaller. It displaced 1,995 cubic inches.

-And below a front photograph of the engine, with the hub for a wooden propeller in the foreground.

“Front view of the King engine”