Jacobs R-755 Radial Engine

Jacobs R-755 Radial Engine

Description

Part of Harry Kraemer's Transportation Museum.

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In 1903–1904 Jacob Ellehammer used his experience constructing motorcycles to build the world's first air-cooled radial engine, a three-cylinder engine which he used as the basis for a more powerful five-cylinder model in 1907. This was installed in his triplane and made a number of short free-flight hops

The Jacobs R-755 (company designation L-4) is a seven-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine for aircraft manufactured in the United States by the Jacobs Aircraft Engine Company. The R-755 was first run in 1933 and was still in production in the 1970s.

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Equipment Specifications
ManufacturerJacobs
ModelR-755
Detailed Information
Detailed Description
The Jacobs Aircraft Engine Company was formed in 1926 in Philadelphia. Later the company moved to Pottstown, Pennsylvania after purchasing the machine workshop of the Light Manufacturing and Foundry Company.
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