Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Daniel Engine Company, Bound Brook, New Jersey
- Designer
- Paul Daniel
- Physical Description
- Type: Rotary, 6 cylinders, two-stroke, air-cooled
- Power rating: Not available
- Displacement: Not available
- Bore and Stroke: Not available
- Weight: About 114 kg (250 lb)
- Summary
- This somewhat unique artifact is an air-cooled, two-stroke cycle rotary aircraft engine designed and built by Paul Daniel of the Daniel Engine Company of Bound Brook, New Jersey during 1918.
- Most rotary engines utilize the four-stroke design concept; and generally have an odd number of cylinders to gain a relatively smooth, vibration free operation through an even piston firing order. However, two stroke engines, with twice the number of power strokes as a four-stroke engine, can effectively use an even number of cylinders.
- According to the donor, the last and possibly principal use of this engine was as a “technical step for classroom study” in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at New York University.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Admiral Luis de Flores
- Circa 1918
- Inventory Number
- A19560076000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Reciprocating & Rotary
- Materials
- HAZMAT: Cadmium Plating, Magnesium
- Steel
- Copper Alloy
- Plastic
- Paint
- Ceramic
- Dimensions
- Length 92.7 cm (36.5 in.), Diameter 87.6 cm (34.5 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19560076000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv940e668d8-b9bd-4464-9231-670c404a658b
