Manly–Balzer engine
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Manly–Balzer engine
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The Manly–Balzer was the first purpose-designed aircraft engine, built in 1901 for the Langley Aerodrome project. The engine was originally ordered from Stephen Balzer (1864–1940) in New York, but his five-cylinder radial engine design failed to live up to its claims. Langley's chief assistant, Charles Manly, then reworked the engine to produce a design that held the record for power-to-weight ratio for any engine for many years. Manly later worked for Glenn Curtiss, and was one of the team-memb
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1900s American piston aircraft engine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manly%E2%80%93Balzer_engine
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2024-04-12T04:30:24Z
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