Brownback Tiger 100, Radial 6 Engine

Object Details

Designer: Anzani; Anzani-Brownback (Norristown, Pennsylvania)
Manufacturer: Brownback Motor Laboratories; Light Manufacturing and Foundry Company (Pottstown, Pennsylvania)

Physical Description: Type: Reciprocating, 6 cylinders, radial, air cooled; Power rating: 67.1 kW (90 hp) at 1,700 rpm; Displacement: 6.51 L (397 cu in.); Bore and Stroke: 104.9 mm (4.13 in.) x 125.2 mm (4.93 in.); Weight: 120 kg (254 lb)
Summary: In July 1909, a three-cylinder engine from French manufacturer Anzani, powered Louis Bleriot's aircraft across the English Channel. Many Anzani aircraft engines were used during World War I and, after the War, the company concentrated on power plants for light sport planes. U.S. aircraft powered by Anzani engines included those manufactured by Arrow, Driggs, Heath, Lincoln, Nicholas-Beazeley, Sikorsky, Ford, and Wasp.; During 1927 and 1928, Henry Lowe Brownback of Norristown, Pennsylvania cooperated with Anzani in engineering and U.S. sales distribution of some engines resembling those manufactured in France. They ranged from a two-cylinder 11 kW (15 hp) engine to a 20-cylinder 447 kW (600 hp) model.; The Light Manufacturing and Foundry Company of Pottstown, Pennsylvania purchased manufacturing rights to the C-400 Tiger engine, designed and developed under the supervision of Henry Brownback, from the Brownback Motor Laboratories in 1930. The Brownback Tiger Model 100 engine was a refined edition of the C-400.

Circa 1930

National Air and Space Museum

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