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Anzani - Breda - Curtiss - Gnome - Le Rhône - Renault - SPA
Anzani radial engine, front view.
Anzani radial engine, side view.
Rear view, the rear engine cover was removed to show the pushrod mechanism. Note also aluminium colored inlet pipes.
| Breda |
Breda Enginedisplayed in the Argentinian Air Force Museum in December of 1999. It must have powered a SVA5 fighter of those purchased by Argentina in 1919.
Breda Engine, left side.
Breda engine and Hispano Suiza V banked engine: As others in the Air Force Museum these engines are painted in flashy colours.
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Curtiss OX-5 |
Curtiss OX-5 engine from the National Naval Aviation Museum of Pensacola, Fla.The Jenny's powerplant in pristine condition.
Gnome monosoupape engine: Surely it was colored with educational purposes.
Air Force Museum's Le Rhône rotary engine, from behind. Note the busted inlet copper pipe on the right. Some of the Valve rocker arms are missing.
Instituto Politécnico Superior Le Rhône: Front view, the engine cover plate was removed to show crankshaft mechanism. The upper left cylinder is cut-down to show cylinder head.
"Paint engine matt black": never such a lie!
Rear view: showing air inlet and carburettor.
Rear view: again, showing inlet pipes and pushrods.
Rear, left side view: Note see-trough the air inlet, just protected by a fine wire mesh inside.
Right side view: showing cylinder heads and rocker arms. Note the uninsulated wire connecting to the spark plugs.
Carburettor of the above detailed engine
Renault engine, similar to those used in the Breguet 14 and other french aircraft, from a plane that tried the Andes crossing in 1919.
Front view, showing airscrew and radiator details. The device at the left was a starter for these engines, that used compressed air to give the initial "push" to the large (and dangerous!) airscrew.
Exhaust detail, note the complicated work to assemble such an artistic piece of metal! the red oxidized colour was original but the small white line that you can see over it is nothing else that a bird dropping.... birds sometimes get into the room thru the large windows and mock of human technology.
Italian SPA engine and radiator, from an SVA fighter. This engine was functioning until the 70's with all the original parts, when the magneto cable insulations cracked out.This engine is displayed at the Engine Hall in the Instituto Politécnico Superior "General San Martín", Rosario, Argentina.
Italian SPA engine and radiator, a close up.
Port detail, a picture of inferior quality, but useful to show the copper inlet pipes.
Starboard detail, of the cylinder bank base and spark plug wire leading tube.
Another starboard view, Showing exhaust pipe arrangement.
