The Menasco Buccaneer was a series of popular six-cylinder, air-cooled, in-line, inverted, aero-engines that were manufactured by Menasco Motors Company for light general aviation and sport aircraft during the 1930s and 1940s.
The six-cylinder Menasco engines had the name Buccaneer, while the four-cylinder engines had the name Pirate. The Menasco engines came in both supercharged and normally aspirated models. The supercharged models, with the S suffix added to their designation, had superior performance at higher altitudes with a relatively small increase in dimensions and weight.
Variants Menasco A6 Buccaneer
Menasco B6 Buccaneer
Menasco B6S Buccaneer
Menasco C6 Buccaneer
Menasco C6S Super Buccaneer
Menasco D6 Super Buccaneer
Applications Alcor C-6-1 Junior Bellanca 28-92 Brown B-2 Racer Brown B-3 Chester Goon Crosby CR-4 Fokker S.IX/2 Folkerts SK-3 Howard DGA-4 Miles Mohawk Miles Peregrine Northrop Beta 3 Northrop N-9M PZL.26 Rider R-6 VEF I-14 Waco Custom Cabin MGC-8
Specifications (Menasco B6S Buccaneer)
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