Menasco-Salmson B-2
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The B-2 was a conversion of Salmson Z9 water-cooled aircraft engines to air cooling by Albert Menasco in the United States.
Applications
Specifications (B-2)
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|ref=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928{{cite book |title=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928 |editor1-last=Grey |editor1-first=C.G. |year=1928 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd |location=London |page=58d}}
|type=9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
|bore={{cvt|4.92|in}}
|stroke={{cvt|6.69|in}}
|displacement={{cvt|1144.8|cuin|L}}
|length={{cvt|38.5|in}}
|diameter={{cvt|49.125|in}}
|width=
|height=
|weight={{cvt|540|lb}}
|valvetrain=
|supercharger=
|turbocharger=
|fuelsystem=one Zenith carburetor feeding mixture to cylinders via an annular plenum and radial pipes
|fueltype=Aviation gasolene
|oilsystem=worm driven double-plunger oil pump for pressure and scavenge
|coolingsystem=water-cooled
|power={{cvt|250|hp}} at 1,500 rpm maximum continuus; {{cvt|290|hp}} at 1,750 rpm maximum
|specpower=
|compression=
|fuelcon={{cvt|12|USgal/h|impgal/h l/h}} at 1,500 rpm
|specfuelcon=
|oilcon={{cvt|0.25|USgal/h|impgal/h l/h}}
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See also
References
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{{Menasco Motors Company aeroengines}}