Dutheil-Chalmers
This 15 kw (20 shp) horizontally-opposed, air-cooled engine was built by L. Dutheil and R. Chalmers and Company of Paris, France, about 1910. An engine similar to this type powered Santos-Dumont's Demoiselle aircraft.
Matthew B. Sellers, builder of the first Kentucky-manufactured aircraft, flew his first quadraplane from 1908 to 1913 powered by various 2-cylinder, horizontally-opposed engines. This Dutheil-Chalmers was one of these engines.
Gift of Matthew Bacon Sellers, Jr. and John Sellers.
Date: 1910
Country of Origin: France
Dimensions:
Propeller Dimensions: Diameter 133 cm (52.250 in.), Chord 15 cm (6 in.), Shaft Hole Diameter 39 cm (1.8125 in.), Bolt hole diameter 0.6 cm (0.250 in.), Hub Diameter 10 cm (4.0 in.), Hub Thickness 6 cm (2.25 in.)
Materials:
Propeller - Wood
Engine Overall - Steel, Aluminum, Brass
Physical Description:
Type: Horizontally-opposed, 2 cylinders, air-cooled
Power: 15 kw (20 hp)
Condition: missing magneto, carburetor, intake manifolds, and ignition harness; a 2-blade wood propeller is bolted (6 bolts) to the crankshaft; the propeller is painted silver; the trailing edges of each blade are missing pieces; the propeller is also splintered in several places and damaged.
