L. Dutheil and R. Chalmers and Company was an early French designer of aircraft engines in which the cylinders were all arranged horizontally. Two, three, four and six cylinder models were built. All were water cooled with the exception of the model represented by this artifact. This air-cooled engine was built by 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.
Display Status
This object is on display in Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.
Object Details
Date
1910
Country of Origin
France
Type
PROPULSION-Reciprocating & Rotary
Manufacturer
Dutheil-Chalmers
Physical Description
Type: Reciprocating, Horizontally-opposed, 2 cylinders, air-cooled
Power: 15 kw (20 hp)
Displacement: Not available
Bore and Stroke: Not available
Weight: Not available
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
Inventory Number
A19690250000
Credit Line
Gift of Matthew Bacon Sellers, Jr. and John Sellers.
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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