The Menasco Buccaneer was a series of popular six-cylinder, air-cooled, in-line, inverted, aero-engines, that were manufactured by
Menasco Motors Company
The Menasco Motors Company was an American aircraft engine and component manufacturer.
History
The company was organized by Albert S. Menasco in 1926 to convert World War I surplus Salmson Z-9 water-cooled nine-cylinder radials into air-coole ...
for light
general aviation
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and sport aircraft during the 1930s and 1940s.
The six-cylinder Menasco engines had the name Buccaneer, while the four-cylinder engines had the name
Pirate
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. The Menasco engines came in both
supercharged and
normally aspirated
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models. The supercharged models, with the ''S'' suffix added to their designation, had superior performance at higher altitudes with a relatively small increase in dimensions and weight.
Variants
;Menasco A6 Buccaneer
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;Menasco B6 Buccaneer
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;Menasco B6S Buccaneer
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;Menasco C6 Buccaneer
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;Menasco C6S Super Buccaneer
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;Menasco D6 Super Buccaneer
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Applications
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Alcor C-6-1 Junior
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Bellanca 28-92
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Brown B-2 Racer
The Brown B-2 Racer was an American-built small monoplane racing aircraft built in 1934.
Design and development
The B-2 Racer was built in 1934 by the Brown Aircraft Co. of Montebello, California, which had been founded by Lawrence W. Brown, pre ...
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Brown B-3
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Chester Goon
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Crosby CR-4
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Fokker S.IX/2
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Folkerts SK-3
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Howard DGA-4
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Des ...
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Miles Mohawk
The Miles M.12 Mohawk was a 1930s British two-seat, tandem cabin monoplane built by Phillip & Powis Aircraft (later to become Miles Aircraft) to the order of Charles Lindbergh in 1936. After being used by Lindbergh in Europe it was impressed into ...
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Miles Peregrine
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Northrop Beta 3
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Northrop N-9M
The Northrop N-9M was an approximately one-third scale, span all-wing aircraft used for the development of the full size, wingspan Northrop XB-35 and YB-35 flying wing long-range, heavy bomber. First flown in 1942, the N-9M (M for Model) was th ...
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PZL.26
PZL.26 was a Polish sports plane built in 1934 in the PZL works. Ordered by the Ministry of Defence, it was specifically designed for the upcoming Challenge 1934 International Touring Aircraft Contest.
Design and development
The PZL.26 was a de ...
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Rider R-6
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VEF I-14
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Waco Custom Cabin MGC-8
Specifications (Menasco B6S Buccaneer)
See also
References
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Air-cooled aircraft piston engines
1930s aircraft piston engines
Inverted aircraft piston engines
Straight-six engines
Buccaneer
Buccaneers were a kind of privateers or free sailors particular to the Caribbean Sea during the 17th and 18th centuries. First established on northern Hispaniola as early as 1625, their heyday was from the Restoration in 1660 until about 168 ...