Editing V16 engine (section)

== Aircraft applications  ==
[[File:Antoinette latham.jpg|thumb|[[Antoinette VII]] experimental aircraft]]
The 1910 version of the [[Antoinette VII]] was powered by a V16 engine and competed in the 1910 [[Gordon Bennett Trophy (aeroplanes)|Gordon Bennett Cup]] in the United States.<ref name="MoteursEtAeroplans">{{cite web|url=http://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/antoinette.pdf|title=Les moteurs et aéroplanes Antoinette|author=Hartmann Gerard|date=2007-08-05|language=fr|trans-title=Antoinette engines and aeroplanes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214235209/http://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/antoinette.pdf|archive-date=2014-12-14|access-date=2009-11-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The 1930s [[Hindenburg-class airship|Hindenburg airships]] were each powered by four [[Daimler-Benz DB 602]] V16 diesel engines.

In the first half of the 20th century, several prototype aircraft used V16 engines, including:
* 1907 prototype designed by [[Antoinette (manufacturer)|Antoinette]] engineer [[Léon Levavasseur]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
* [[Duesenberg]] developed a V16 engine for use in military aircraft in the mid 1910s.  World War I ended prior to the engine being tested in an aircraft.<ref name="DaveThomas">{{cite web| url=http://www.pbase.com/dw_thomas/image/113092455| title=Duesenberg V16 Aircraft Engine| first=Dave| last= Thomas| date=2009-05-24| work=PBase.com| access-date=2017-07-14}}</ref>
* The [[Chrysler IV-2220]] inverted V16 engine began development in 1939, when Chrysler was contracted by the United States government to create a new engine for use in fighter aircraft. The resulting engine was rated at {{convert|2500|hp|kW|abbr=on}},{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}, however it took until June 1945 for the engine to be in a state ready for testing. A prototype engine was installed in a [[P-47 Thunderbolt]] (designated the ''XP-47H''),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enginehistory.org/Museums/chrysler.htm |title=IV-2220 at Walter P. Chrysler Museum, Auburn Hills, Michigan |publisher=Enginehistory.org |access-date=2011-11-25 }}</ref> which achieved a top speed of {{convert|504|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}. World War II ended shortly after the tests, therefore development of the engine ceased.