Menasco Pirate

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Pirate
Menasco C-4 Pirate.jpg
Type Piston aero engine
National origin United States
Manufacturer Menasco Motors Company
First run1930s
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]

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Variants

Menasco A-4 Pirate (also listed as Menasco 4A)
90 hp. [3]
Menasco B-4 Pirate
95 hp. [3]
Menasco C-4 Pirate (Military designation L-365)
125 hp. [3] Compression ratio 5.8: 1, dry weight 300 lb [4]
Menasco Pirate C-4S
Super-charged 150 hp. [3]
Menasco D-4 Pirate
125 hp, compression ratio 5.5:1, dry weight 311 lb [4]
Menasco D-4-87 Super Pirate
134 hp,Compression ratio 6:1, dry weight 310 lb [4]
Menasco L-365-1
military designation for the C4-4LA[ citation needed ]
Menasco L-365-3
similar to -1 but changes to cylinder heads, lubrication and carburettor[ citation needed ]

Applications

Specifications (Menasco C4S Pirate)

General characteristics

Components

Performance

See also

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References

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  2. 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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  4. 1 2 3 "Menasco Pirate" (PDF). rgl.faa.gov. Retrieved May 26, 2011.