Menasco Buccaneer Explained

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

References

• Web site: Engine Data Sheets. 10 April 2022. oldengine.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20200225151358/http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/Duxford/usaero9.htm. 25 February 2020. dead.
• Book: Gunston, Bill . World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines . 1986 . Patrick Stephens . Wellingborough . 115.