The Menasco Pirate series were four-cylinder, air-cooled, in-line, inverted aero-engines, built by the Menasco Motors Company of Burbank, California, for use in light general and sport aircraft during the 1930s and 1940s.[1] The Menasco engines came in both normally aspirated and supercharged forms, with the supercharged models exhibiting superior performance at higher altitudes, with a relatively small increase in dimensions and weight. The supercharged models had the S suffix added to their designation to show supercharging.[2]
menasco, pirate, series, were, four, cylinder, cooled, line, inverted, aero, engines, built, menasco, motors, company, burbank, california, light, general, sport, aircraft, during, 1930s, 1940s, menasco, engines, came, both, normally, aspirated, supercharged, . The Menasco Pirate series were four cylinder air cooled in line inverted aero engines built by the Menasco Motors Company of Burbank California for use in light general and sport aircraft during the 1930s and 1940s 1 The Menasco engines came in both normally aspirated and supercharged forms with the supercharged models exhibiting superior performance at higher altitudes with a relatively small increase in dimensions and weight The supercharged models had the S suffix added to their designation to show supercharging 2 PirateType Piston aero engineNational origin United StatesManufacturer Menasco Motors CompanyFirst run 1930sMajor applications Great Lakes 2T 1MSRyan ST Contents 1 Variants 2 Applications 3 Specifications Menasco C4S Pirate 3 1 General characteristics 3 2 Components 3 3 Performance 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksVariants editMenasco A 4 Pirate also listed as Menasco 4A 90 hp 3 Menasco B 4 Pirate 95 hp 3 Menasco C 4 Pirate Military designation L 365 125 hp 3 Compression ratio 5 8 1 dry weight 300 lb 4 Menasco Pirate C 4S Super charged 150 hp 3 Menasco D 4 Pirate 125 hp compression ratio 5 5 1 dry weight 311 lb 4 Menasco D 4 87 Super Pirate 134 hp Compression ratio 6 1 dry weight 310 lb 4 Menasco L 365 1 military designation for the C4 4LA citation needed Menasco L 365 3 similar to 1 but changes to cylinder heads lubrication and carburettor citation needed Applications editArgonaut Pirate Aeroneer 1 B Great Lakes 2T 1MS de Havilland Canada DH 82C Menasco Moth Canada 136 built Fairchild 22 C7B Gee Bee Sportster Model D Jones S 125 Ryan ST Stearman Hammond Y 1 VEF I 17 Willoughby Delta 8Specifications Menasco C4S Pirate editGeneral characteristics Type 4 cylinder air cooled in line inverted engine Bore 4 75 in 120 65 mm Stroke 5 125 in 130 18 mm Displacement 363 27 cu in 5 95 L Length 47 5 in 1 206 mm Width 17 7 in 449 mm Height 28 5 in 724 mm Dry weight 299 lb 135 kg Components Valvetrain 1 inlet and 1 exhaust valve per cylinder Fuel system 1 Stromberg Carburetor Fuel type 73 octane Cooling system AirPerformance Power output 150 hp at 2 260 RPM max 112hp at 2 025 RPM cruise Compression ratio 5 5 1 Power to weight ratio 0 37hp lb at cruiseSee also editComparable engines Alfa Romeo 110 Argus As 8 Blackburn Cirrus Major de Havilland Gipsy Major Elizalde Tigre IV Hirth HM 504Related lists List of aircraft enginesReferences edit Menasco Pirate www bombercommandmuseum ca 2011 Archived from the original on March 24 2012 Retrieved May 26 2011 Parker Dana T Building Victory Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II pp 122 24 Cypress CA 2013 a b c d Herschel Smith 1986 A History of Aircraft Piston Engines Sunflower University Press ISBN 0 07 058472 9 a b c Menasco Pirate PDF rgl faa gov Retrieved May 26 2011 Gunston Bill 1986 World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines Wellingborough Patrick Stephens p 115 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Menasco Pirate TC67 pdf www bombercommandmuseum ca Archived March 24 2012 at the Wayback Machine www aircraft manuals com www oldengine org Archived August 4 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Menasco Pirate amp oldid 1170051523, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
