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   Max Friz (October 1, 1883 – June 9, 1966) [citation needed] was a German mechanical engineer specializing in engine design. He was the key contributor of engine design and innovation that led to the founding of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) in 1917.

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3. www.cycleworld.com › who-was-max-friz-kevinWho was Max Friz? Kevin Cameron's Top Dead Center - Cycle World

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   Jul 19, 2017 · Who was Max Friz? The origins of BMW motorcycles in the engineering ferment of WWI. By Kevin Cameron. July 19, 2017. Technical Editor Kevin Cameron shares his wealth of motorcycle knowledge,...

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   Sep 23, 2018 · At the heart of BMW's engineering department from the beginning was company engineer Max Friz, who was ambivalent regarding anything other than aircraft. According to Darwin Holm-strom and Brian J. Nelson in the book BMW Motorcycles, Friz "often referred to automobiles as 'stupid conveyances' and thought even less highly of motorcycles."

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   Who was Max Friz?

   • Max Friz (October 1, 1883 – June 9, 1966) [citation needed] was a German mechanical engineer specializing in engine design. He was the key contributor of engine design and innovation that led to the founding of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) in 1917. Assumed to be originally from Urach, very little is known about Friz' youth.

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   When did Max Friz retire?

   • Rudolf Schleicher took over the motorcycle project, allowing Friz to return to the aircraft side where he continued development of larger BMW sixes and V-12s. This work ended in 1937 as BMW, under RLM directive, shifted aero engine development to the air-cooled radial type under Helmuth Sachse. Max Friz retired in 1945.

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   When did Max Friz start designing aircraft engines?

   • Friz designed the first practical German aircraft engines in 1912-1913 while at Austro-Daimler. The engines had separate cylinders on the crankcase and an overhead camshaft driven by a vertical shaft and bevel gears. At the end of 1916 the young engineer Max Friz applied for a position with Rapp Motorenwerke.

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   How did Friz increase altitude performance?

   • Friz's concept for boosting altitude performance was to give the engine the highest compression ratio it could stand in the thin air at altitude. Because compression this high would normally send the engine into destructive detonation at sea level, Friz throttled it at lower altitudes.

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6. www.motopinas.com › motorcycle-news › 137-years-ago137 years ago, the father of the BMW boxer engine was born

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   Oct 2, 2020 · BMW celebrates 137 birthday of Max Friz, father of the boxer engine. BMW motorcycles are perhaps best known for their horizontally-opposed twin engines, known throughout as “boxer twins” – an engine design that remained virtually unchanged for almost 100 years now.

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   Apr 5, 2018 · Max Friz. Not many people have heard of Max Friz, but this young Daimler engineer was one of the reasons for BMW existing today. After being frustrated with Paul Daimler’s stubborn refusal...

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   Max Friz (1883 in Urach – 1966 in Tegernsee) was a German mechanical engineer specializing in engine design. He was the key contributor of engine design and innovation that led to the founding of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) in 1917. Contents. 1 Early life. 2 Automobiles. 3 See also. 4 External links. Early life.

9. rcb.org › resources › NewslettersMax Friz The father of the boxer flat-twin. - rcb.org

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   Max Friz The father of the boxer flat-twin. BMW Motorrad is given its initial boost on January 2nd 1917: On this day, the 33-year-old engineer Max Friz starts working for BMW. Shortly beforehand, the Swabian had quit his job under his previous boss Paul Daimler in Stuttgart. As it turns out, this is a highly fortunate