Detroit Horizontally-Opposed 2-Cylinder Engine
date: label: Date
content: Circa 1910-11
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Detroit Airplane Motor Company
notes: label: Physical Description
content: Type: Reciprocating, Horizontally-opposed, 2 cylinders, Air-cooled
label: Physical Description
content: Power rating: 19 - 22 kW (25 - 30 hp) at 1,500 rpm
label: Physical Description
content: Displacement: 3.89 L (237.48 cu in)
label: Physical Description
content: Bore and Stroke: 140 mm (5.5 in.) x 127 mm (5 in.)
label: Physical Description
content: Weight: 160.6 kg (354 lb)
label: Summary
content: This Detroit Aero Engines artifact is one of several engines designed by Fred Weinberg of Detroit, Michigan. Intended as an affordable power plant for amateur aviators throughout the U.S, it was built during 1910 and 1911, with one thousand or more claimed to be sold. Many fewer were believed to be used in completed airplanes.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Herman A. Ecker.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19800226000
objectType: label: Type
content: PROPULSION-Reciprocating & Rotary
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Magnesium
label: Materials
content: Steel
label: Materials
content: Paint
label: Materials
content: Synthetic Cork
label: Materials
content: Copper Alloy
label: Materials
content: Ceramic
label: Dimensions
content: Length 127 cm, (50 in.), Width 81.3 cm (32 in.), Height 91.4 cm (36 in.)