Object Details
- Designer
- Joseph J. Murray
- Manufacturer
- Murray-Willat Company
- Physical Description
- Type: Rotary, 6 cylinders, air-cooled, 2-stroke, supercharged
- Power rating: 52 kW (70 hp) at 1,200 rpm
- Displacement: 6.14 L (374.52 cu in.)
- Bore and Stroke: 100 mm (3.94 in.) x 130 mm (5.12 in.)
- Weight: 118 kg (260 lb)
- Summary
- This 2-stroke cycle powerplant of 1912 is the earliest American supercharged aeronautical engine still in existence. A vane-type supercharger is located between the crankcase and the accessory section.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Vera C. Murray.
- 1912
- Inventory Number
- A19640634000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Reciprocating & Rotary
- Materials
- Metal
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 78.7 × 73.7cm, 117.9kg (31 × 29 in., 260lb.)
- Support: 147.3 × 95.3 × 49.5cm (58 in. × 37 1/2 in. × 19 1/2 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_A19640634000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv92c9180e9-95a4-423e-a4c0-934293386dff
