Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Jacobs Aircraft Engine Company (Pottstown, Pennsylvania)
- Physical Description
- Type: Reciprocating, 7 cylinders, radial, air-cooled
- Power rating: 183 kW (245 hp) at 2,200 rpm
- Displacement: 12.4 L (757 cu in)
- Bore and Stroke: 133 mm (5.25 in.) X 127 mm (5.0 in.)
- Weight: 245 kg (541 lb)
- Summary
- The Jacobs Aircraft Engine Company began in 1930 in Camden, New Jersey, later moving to Pottstown, Pennsylvania where this engine was built beginning in 1934. It had was equipped with a battery and magneto ignition system, but had other features common to earlier Jacobs’s models.
- Page Industries of Oklahoma acquired Jacobs in the 1970s, but only continued manufacturing aircraft engines for a few years. This military version of the engine, the R-755-9, powered the Waco PG-3/A; Cessna AT-17A/B/C; and Cessna UC-78/A/B/C. Other military R-755 engine models powered aircraft such as the Kellett YG-1 autogiro and Stearman PT-18 primary trainer.
- Credit Line
- Gift of San Jose State University
- Circa 1941
- Inventory Number
- A19860281000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Reciprocating & Rotary
- Materials
- Magnesium
- Steel
- Copper Alloy
- Rubber
- Paint
- Aluminum
- Ceramic
- Leather
- Plastic
- Dimensions
- Storage: 160 × 149.9 × 147.3cm (63 × 59 × 58 in.)
- Overall: 541lb. (245.4kg)
- 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_A19860281000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9078aa1d8-4695-48c3-8bc8-ace3e9917d03
