Four-cylinder, air-cooled, in-line, inverted aero-engine series
Pirate
Type
Piston aero engine
National origin
United States
Manufacturer
Menasco Motors Company
First run
1930s
Major applications
Great Lakes 2T-1MS Ryan ST
The Menasco Pirate series are 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". 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.
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