| 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.