Le Blond 60 Model 5-D, Radial 5 Engine
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Le Blond Aircraft Engine Corporation (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- Physical Description
- Type: Reciprocating, 5 cylinders, radial, air cooled
- Power rating: 44.7 kW (60 hp) at 1,900 rpm
- Displacement: 4.11 L (250.58 cu in.)
- Bore and Stroke: 104.8 mm (4.125 in.) x 95.3 mm (3.75 in.)
- Weight: 107 kg (235 lb)
- Summary
- The Le Blond Aircraft Engine Corporation of Cincinnati, Ohio, was organized early in 1928 after the R. K. Le Blond Machine Tools Co., the parent organization in whose plant the engine manufacturing activities were conducted, purchased the physical assets of the Detroit Aircraft Engine Corporation. Production was begun in the fall of 1928 on the Le Blond 60, which was the Detroit "Aircat" engine incorporating a new cylinder design among other minor detail changes.
- The engine received Approved Type Certificate No. 12 as a result of a test conducted at the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia, and was the first engine in the low-power class to successfully pass a Navy test. The engine's Type Certificate expired on December 1, 1935, because the manufacture of this model had been discontinued.
- Le Blond 60 engines powered aircraft such as the Aeromarine-Klemm AKL-26/A/B, American Eagle A-429, Nicholas-Beazley Barling NB-3, and Davis Model D-1. V-3,
- Credit Line
- Exchange with Ken Hyde
- Circa 1928
- Inventory Number
- A19670164000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Reciprocating & Rotary
- Materials
- HAZMAT: Cadmium Plating
- Magnesium
- Steel
- Plastic
- Rubber
- Fabric
- Paper
- Copper Alloy
- Paint
- Aluminum
- Cork
- Dimensions
- Storage (Rehoused on a metal pallet and stand): 116.8 × 91.4 × 132.1cm, 206.4kg (3 ft. 10 in. × 3 ft. × 4 ft. 4 in., 455lb.)
- 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_A19670164000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv96fa9365c-a42d-4301-a054-33638a28e9ac
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