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Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH was a German aircraft engine manufacturer based in Munich, Bavaria. Founded in 1913, the firm changed its name in 1917 to Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH (BMW).
Karl Friedrich Rapp (24 September 1882 in Ehingen (Danube) – 26 May 1962 in Locarno) was a German founder and owner of the Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH in Munich. In time this company became BMW AG. He is acknowledged by BMW AG as an indirect founder of the company.
The Rapp 100 hp was a four-cylinder, SOHC valvetrain liquid-cooled inline aircraft engine built by Rapp Motorenwerke. The engine originated from Karl Rapp's earlier 90 hp four-cylinder that he had designed at the Flugwerk Deutschland GmbH for the 1912/13 Kaiserpreis aircraft engine contest.
The Rapp Rp III was a six-cylinder, SOHC valvetrain water-cooled inline aircraft engine built by Rapp Motorenwerke. Its design had been based on the previous Rapp 100 hp four-cylinder engine.
Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH was a German aircraft engine manufacturer based in Munich, Bavaria. Founded in 1913, the firm changed its name in 1917 to Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH (BMW). [1]
Nov 30, 2023 · Karl Friedrich Rapp was a German mechanical engineer and the founder of Rapp Motorenwerke, a company that eventually evolved into BMW AG. Karl was born on September 24, 1882, in Ehingen, German Empire, and died on May 26, 1962, in Locarno, Switzerland.
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The Rapp 125/145 hp, also referred to as Rapp Rp II, was a water-cooled 90° V-8 aircraft engine built by Rapp Motorenwerke in 1915.
