The Mercedes D.I was a six-cylinder, water-cooled, inline engine developed in Germany for use in aircraft in 1913. Developing 75 kW (100 hp), it powered many German military aircraft during the very early part of World War I.
Applications:
AEG B.I
AEG G.I
Albatros B.I
Albatros G.I
Aviatik B.I
DFW B.I
DFW Floh
Fokker D.I
Specifications:
D.I
Type: 6-cylinder, inline piston engine
Reduction gear: Direct drive, left-hand tractor
Power output: 75 kW (100 hp)
The 1938 Menasco 50 hp aero engine.
The Menasco Buccaneer was a series of six-cylinder, air-cooled, in-line, inverted, aero-engines, that were manufactured by Menasco Motors Company for light general aviation 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. The Menasco engines came in both supercharged and normally aspirated 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
Menasco B6 Buccaneer
Menasco C6 Buccaneer
Menasco C6S Super Buccaneer
Menasco D6 Super Buccaneer
Specifications:
Menasco B6S Buccaneer
Type: 6-cylinder, air-cooled, in-line, inverted engine
Bore: 4.5 in (114 mm)
Stroke: 5.125 in (130 mm)
Displacement: 489 cu in (8 L)
Length: 60.125 in (1,527 mm)
Width: 15 in (381 mm)
Height: 28.3 in (719 mm)
Dry weight: 423 lb (192 kg)
Valvetrain: 1 inlet and 1 exhaust valve per cylinder
Fuel system: 1 Stromberg Carburetor
Fuel type: 73 octane
Cooling system: Air
Power output: 200hp at 2,250 RPM max/150hp at 2,025 RPM cruise
Compression ratio: 5.5:1
Power-to-weight ratio: 2.82 lb/hp at cruise
The Menasco 4 Pirate series were 4-cylinder, air-cooled, in-line, inverted, aero-engines, for use in light general and sport aircraft during the 1930s and 1940s. The Menasco engines were interesting in that they 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.
Variants:
Menasco A-4 Pirate (also listed as Menasco 4A)
90hp
Menasco B-4 Pirate
95hp
Menasco C-4 Pirate (Military designation L-365)
125hp
compression ratio 5.8: 1, dry weight 300lbs
Menasco Pirate C-4S
150hp
Menasco D-4 Pirate
125hp, compression ratio 5.5: 1, dry weight 311lbs
Menasco D-4-87 Super Pirate
compression ratio 6: 1, dry weight 310lbs
Menasco M-50 Pirate
Applications:
Stearman-Hammond Y-1
Willoughby Delta 8
Specifications:
Menasco C4S Pirate
Type: 4-cylinder, air-cooled, in-line, inverted engine
Bore: 121 mm (4.75 in)
Stroke: 130 mm (5.125 in)
Displacement: 5.9 L (363 cu in)
Length: 1,206 mm (47.5 in)
Width: 449 mm (17.7 in)
Height: 724 mm (28.5 in)
Dry weight: 135 kg (299 lb)
Valvetrain: 1 inlet and 1 exhaust valve per cylinder
Fuel system: 1 Stromberg Carburetor
Fuel type: 73 octane
Cooling system: Air
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 cruise
This machine was built at the Sint-Job-in-‘t-Goor airfield, Belgium, in the hangars of baron Pierre de Caters, by the Swedish inventor Janne Mellander, who lived in Antwerp at the time. In 1911 he was granted French patent No. 422954, which disclosed some details of his rather fragile-looking machine, which was equipped with an automatic stabilization device and had the wings mounted very high on a secondary fuselage.
The VCA-1 is a tiny single-seat, low-wing monoplane of all-metal construction. The wing section is NASA GA(W)-1 with no sweepback. It has a constant chord with plain ailerons and electrically operated flaps. The fuselage uses 2024-T3 aluminum alloy. Landing gear are nonretractable tricycle type, and the Continental 0-200 fiat-four engine drives a two-blade Sensenich fixed-pitch propeller. The cockpit is enclosed and sweeps back to a combination fuselage/T-tail empennage.
Gross Wt. 1100 lb
Empty Wt. 710 lb
Fuel capacity 24.5 USG
Wingspan 20’
Length 18’
Engine 100-hp Continental
Top speed 150 mph
Cruise 130 mph
Stall 57 mph
Climb rate 1100 fpm
Range 200 miles
The MAC Mamba, Mamba Range is an Australian two-seat light aircraft designed and built by the Melbourne Aircraft Corporation.
The Mamba is a strut-braced, high-wing monoplane designed over two years and first flown on 25 January 1989. It has fixed tricycle landing gear and is powered by a 116 hp (87 kW) Lycoming O-235 flat-four piston engine. It has an enclosed glazed cabin with side-by-side configuration seating for two. The fuselage is constructed of welded steel tubing with stressed aluminum skin. It was intended to introduce four-seat and military versions of the Mamba.
The military version was built under contract by Australian Aircraft Industries as the AA-2S Mamba powered by an IO-360.
Variants
AA-2
Lycoming O-235-powered prototype built by Melbourne Aircraft Corporation
Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-235-N2C, 86 kW (116 hp)
Wingspan: 8.68 m (28 ft 5.75 in)
Wing area: 10.13 m2 (109.04 sq ft)
Length: 7.00 m (22 ft 11.5 in)
Height: 2.38 m (7 ft 9.75 in)
Empty weight: 390 kg (860 lb)
Gross weight: 680 kg (1,499 lb)
Maximum speed: 250 km/h (155 mph, 135 kn)
Endurance: 5 hours 42 minutes
Rate of climb: 7.6 m/s (1,500 ft/min)
Crew: one
Capacity: one
AA-2M
Lycoming IO-360-powered military variant built by Australian Aircraft Industries
AA-2S
Lycoming IO-360-powered civilian under test by Mamba Aircraft Company
AA-4S
Lycoming O-320 four-place under development by Mamba Aircraft Company
The Meindl M1 was the first construction of Erich Meindl.
It crashed on its first flight.
Built by Franz Meichelböck and a friend in Ober Sankt Veit, a district of Vienna, in 1913.
The Heli-star is a two place, homebuilt three rotor helicopter designed by Mike Meger, flight director of Enstrom.
It was equipped with tricycle landing gear, using modified Enstrom F-28 helicopter rotor blades, gearbox and tail boom. Developed in 1969, it was first flown on 25 March 1971.
The helicopter can be flown from either seat with dual controls. The fuselage splits open at the windshield line, sliding forward for access. The helicopter was demonstrated with the front section slid open in flight.
Only the one was built.
Engine: 1 × Lycoming HIO-360-C1A, 205 hp (153 kW)
Main rotor diameter: 3× 29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
Length: 29 ft (8.8 m)
Height: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m)
Empty weight: 1,450 lb (658 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 2,100 lb (953 kg)
Maximum speed: 100 kn (115 mph; 185 km/h)
Cruise speed: 78 kn (90 mph; 144 km/h)
Service ceiling: 13,000 ft (4,000 m)
Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
Disk loading: 2.1 lb/sq ft (10 kg/m2)
Crew: 1
Capacity: 1 passenger
