Jacobs L4-MB ( R-755)
Status : private collection on loan. Exhibited at the workshop.
More information : http://www.enginehistory.org/Piston/Jacobs/Jacobs.shtml
Jacobs Aircraft Engine Company was established in Pennsylvania and was specialized in radial piston engines.
The model L4 appeared in 1934 and was used on numerous aircrafts. During WWII, its military version R-755 powered mainly trainers and light transport aircrafts like the Stearman and the Bobcat.
More powerful enlarged version were fitted on the Morane Saulnier MS-505 Criquet and thee Canadian built Avro Anson II.
The model L4 appeared in 1934 and was used on numerous aircrafts. During WWII, its military version R-755 powered mainly trainers and light transport aircrafts like the Stearman and the Bobcat.
More powerful enlarged version were fitted on the Morane Saulnier MS-505 Criquet and thee Canadian built Avro Anson II.
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L4-MB (R-755) characteristics : |
Performances : |
| 7 cylinders radial piston engine |
Power : 225 hp / 2000 rpm |
| Bore : 133 mm | Fuel consumption per hp/hour : 23gr |
| Stroke : 127 mm | Oil comsumption per hp/hour : 16gr |
| Capacity: 12,4 L | |
| Total weight : 160 kg |
Aircraft powered with a Jacobs engine:
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Beechcraft UC-43J ( C-17L) |
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Cessna UC-78 Bobcat ( T-50) |
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Fairchild 45 |
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Kellet KD-1 |
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Southern BM-10C |
| Stearman PT-18 |
| many Waco’s models |