Szekely SR-3
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Szekely aircraft engines were three-cylinder radial engines built in
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in the 1920s and 30s. They were used to power small aircraft such as the
Rearwin Junior The Rearwin Junior was a 1930s two-seat high-winged ultra-light monoplane sport aircraft produced in the United States by Rearwin Airplanes Inc.Taylor 1989, p. 757.Simpson 2001, p. 41. It was part of a trend of extremely low-cost aircraft as manu ...
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Taylor H-2 The Taylor Cub was originally designed by C. Gilbert Taylor as a small, light and simple utility aircraft, evolved from the Arrowing Chummy. It is the forefather of the popular Piper J-3 Cub, and total production of the Cub series was 23,512 ...
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American Eagle Eaglet The Eaglet 31 was a United States two-seat tandem ultra-light high-winged monoplane of the early 1930s. Intended as a low-cost aircraft, its limited production run relegated it to a footnote in aviation history. Design and development The Ameri ...
. Often criticized for reliability issues and design flaws, many were replaced with better engines in their original airframes. Few examples still exist but a museum quality example is on display in the Holland Museum in Holland, Michigan.


Variants

''Data from:''Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1931 ;SR-3 O:Overhead valve combustion chamber, compression ratio 4.6:1, at 1,750 rpm. ;SR-3 L:Side-valve combustion chamber, compression ratio 5:1, at 1,750 rpm.


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American Eagle Eaglet The Eaglet 31 was a United States two-seat tandem ultra-light high-winged monoplane of the early 1930s. Intended as a low-cost aircraft, its limited production run relegated it to a footnote in aviation history. Design and development The Ameri ...
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Buhl Bull Pup The Buhl LA-1 Bull Pup was a light sports airplane developed in the United States in 1930. It was a mid-wing wire-braced monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage and an open cockpit for the pilot. Buhl developed the Bull Pup as a cheap aircra ...
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Curtiss-Wright Junior The Curtiss-Wright CW-1 Junior, originally named the Curtiss-Robertson CR-1 Skeeter is a light sports aircraft produced in the United States in the 1930s. It had been intended to sell it for the price of a mid-range automobile. The Junior had tw ...
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Rearwin Junior The Rearwin Junior was a 1930s two-seat high-winged ultra-light monoplane sport aircraft produced in the United States by Rearwin Airplanes Inc.Taylor 1989, p. 757.Simpson 2001, p. 41. It was part of a trend of extremely low-cost aircraft as manu ...
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Taylor H-2 The Taylor Cub was originally designed by C. Gilbert Taylor as a small, light and simple utility aircraft, evolved from the Arrowing Chummy. It is the forefather of the popular Piper J-3 Cub, and total production of the Cub series was 23,512 ...


Specifications (SR-3 Model O)


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"Szekely SR-3 L"
''Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome'', retrieved October 30, 2007 1920s aircraft piston engines Aircraft air-cooled radial piston engines