The Menasco Pirate series were four-cylinder, air-cooled, in-line, inverted aero-engines, built by the
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 ...
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Burbank, California
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, for use in light general and sport aircraft during the 1930s and 1940s.
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.
[Parker, Dana T. ''Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II,'' pp. 122–24, Cypress, CA, 2013.]
Variants
;Menasco A-4 Pirate (also listed as Menasco 4A)
:90 hp.
;Menasco B-4 Pirate
:95 hp.
;Menasco C-4 Pirate (Military designation L-365)
:125 hp.
Compression ratio 5.8: 1, dry weight 300 lb
;Menasco Pirate C-4S
:Super-charged 150 hp.
;Menasco D-4 Pirate
:125 hp, compression ratio 5.5:1, dry weight 311 lb
;Menasco D-4-87 Super Pirate
:134 hp,Compression ratio 6:1, dry weight 310 lb
;Menasco L-365-1: military designation for the C4-4LA
;Menasco L-365-3: similar to -1 but changes to cylinder heads, lubrication and carburettor
Applications
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Great Lakes 2T-1MS
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de Havilland Canada DH.82C ''Menasco Moth'' (Canada, 136 built)
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Fairchild 22 C7B
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Gee Bee Sportster Model D
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Jones S-125
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Design and development
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Ryan ST
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Stearman-Hammond Y-1
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Development
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VEF I-17
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Willoughby Delta 8
Specifications (Menasco C4S Pirate)
See also
References
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External links
TC67.pdf
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Air-cooled aircraft piston engines
1930s aircraft piston engines
Inverted aircraft piston engines
Pirate
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