Updated: 23-Mar-2020
(Also see Lenape).
-This company started its activity in Avondale, NY in 1914, and from 1917 it continued in Keyport, NY.
-The first known engine of this brand is the water-cooled 85/90 hp with six inline cylinders, in the same year 1914.
-It had a displacement of 449.16 cu in and the engine weighed 430 pounds.
-This engine gave the mentioned power at only 1400 rpm.
“Aeromarine 85/90 hp”
-The geared version of this engine was the K-6, that appeared the following year, 1915.
-It gave 100 hp at 2000 RPM, and it had exactly the same displacement, only the weight increased five pounds (435) because the front of the engine had changed.
-The reduction ratio is .571.
“Aeromarine K6”
-The B-45 and B-90 are from the same year 1915, with similar powers and sizes but with a difference in the specifications: with eight cylinders in V, the B-45 had two blocks at 45o and the B-90 at 90o, as showed below.
“Aeromarine B-45, rear side”
“Aeromarine B-90, rear view”
-The B-45 gave 150 hp at 2275 rpm and 170 hp 2635 rpm, with gear and water-cooled.
“Aeromarine B-45”
-The B-90 gave 148 hp at 2275 rpm and 166 hp at 2635 rpm and it had eight cylinders in V with a displacement of 423.2 cu in.
-The B-45 and B-90 engines were known as the "B" type. They were designed by J.F. Willard.
“Aeromarine B-90”
-Another known engine was the "100 hp". The power was obtained at 2300 rpm, with gear, and the propeller spinning at .571 of the crankshaft speed. It had 8 cylinders in V.
“Aeromarine 100 HP”
“Aeromarine 100 HP, rear view”
-The water-cooled 100 hp had a Zenith carburetor and Delco dual ignition.
-The Aeromarine D-12, was a water-cooled 12-cylinder V engine. It gave 150 hp at 1400 rpm, with 898.32 cu in of displacement and weighed 750 pounds.
-It had separate casted cylinders and two Zenith carburetors. There is no image available.
-In 1917 appears the L-6 giving 130 hp at 1625 rpm and 215 hp at 3000 rpm. It had a displacement of 553.25 cu in.
“Aeromarine L-6”
-This engine had six cylinders in line. The same year it had a successor, the L-6-D, where the letter "D" stands for direct propeller drive.
-Some new illustrations of the L-6, first the exhaust side without pipes or manifolds, observing the lateral engine cleanliness.
“Aeromarine L-6”
-And a front and rear view of the same engine.
"Two views of the L-6"
-Another geared version was the L-6-G. All these engines had two Duplex Stromberg carburetors feeding three cylinders each. The firing order, as in most inline six-cylinder engines, was 1-5-3-6-2-4.
“Aeromarine L-6-D”
-The L-8 with eight cylinders in V, was derived from the L-6 engine and had the same cylinder sizes. They are from 1918 and gave 192 hp at 1750 rpm.
“Aeromarine L-8”
-Later the "U" series engines appeared. The U-6 and U-8 were improved versions of the L-6 and L-8. The U-8-D gave 220 hp at 1800 rpm.
“Aeromarine U-8”
-There also was the version D and G. For more information see the file Sarah B. Clark (3250 / 452.8) .USNA II.
“Aeromarine U-8-D”
-Now another view of the U-8-D engine, an eight-cylinder version of the U-6-D and the parts are interchangeable between them.
-The U-6-D gave 147 hp at 1750 rpm while the U-8-D in turn was an improved version of the L-8.
“U-8-D, with 228 HP”
-228 hp was reached at 1800 rpm. And the eight cylinders were in V.
-This engine had a new development with the U-873 in the year 1923. It reached 257 hp with the same revolutions of the engine mentioned before.
“Aeromarine U-873”
“Aeromarine U-873”
-There were less-known engines such as the A-L (1920) that had 12 cylinders at 45° in V. It gave 450 hp at 1800 rpm. And the T-6 with 200 hp at 1630 rpm and a maximum power of 255 hp at 1800 rpm. They were followed by the NAL.
-The NAL was a strange engine, based on the Liberties but with Aeromarine cylinders.
“Aeromarine NAL”
-The NAL was a 12-cylinder engine but with the cylinder blocks at 45o (60o is common in 12V engines). It gave 450 hp.
-The S-12 was a larger 12 cylinder-engine that was built in 1924. It reached 754 hp at 2000 rpm.
-The S, was an inline four-cylinder, air-cooled engine that gave 100 hp. Apparently they did not enter in production.
-The T-6 had inline upright cylinders. It was liquid-cooled and gave 250 hp at 1800 rpm.
“Aeromarine T-6”
-Towards the years 1932-33 they also manufactured air-cooled radial engines, first the small AR-3s with 40 hp and 50 hp, or the AR-5s with 65 hp. For the moment the existence of radial engines with 7 and 9 cylinders is not confirmed, although there are engines with 85 hp and 125 hp, based on the first AR-3 parts.
“Aeromarine AR-3”
-The AR-3 was built by Burnelli as AR-340. Lenape also built them (see) as the "Papoose".
-It seems that they built an AR-7, following the AR-5 and also a hardly known B-9 with 9 cylinders giving 115 hp at 1950 rpm.
“Aeromarine B-9"
-In 1924 Aeromarine sent the AL-24 model to the Army Air Service Eng. Div. for analysis and testing. The model is not shown in the main text.
“Aeromarine AL-24”
-This engine was designed in 1921 to be mounted on large long-range bombers. 75% of its parts were from Liberty engines.
-But it was unsuccessful due to the W-1 design by te Army Service itself.
-From Appendix 7: An opposite view in relation to the picture in the main text for the six-cylinder inline engine with 85-90 hp.
-Two characteristics are a split engine bed and the superimposed crankcase. We can see the double seam of fasteners.
“Aeromarine inline” (PiP)
From appendix 10: During the years 1928 and 1930 the company was known as Aeromaine-Klemm, as they built the German Klemm aircraft in the US.
-El Aeromarine de 85/90 HP, tiene inscrito en el lateral izquierdo de la bancada del cigüeñal “Model AQG”.
The Aeromarine of 85/90 hp, has an inscription on the left side of the crankcase: "Model AQG".
"The AQG model"
-We have an illustration of the engine that gives 100 hp at 2,000 rpm, which is only mentioned in the main text without picture.
"100 hp model"
Engines of AEROMARINE PLANE AND MOTOR Co
Model: 100HP
"Aeromarine 100 HP, aft"
Model: 85/90 HP AQG
"Aeromarine 85/90 HP"
Model: A-L
Model: AL-24
"Aeromarine AL-24"
Model: AR-3
"Aeromarine AR-3"
Model: AR-5
Model: AR-7
Model: B-45
"Aeromarine B-45, aft"
Model: B-9
"Aeromarine B-"
Model: B-90
"Aeromarine B-90, aft"
Model: D-12
Model: K-6
"Aeromarine K6"
Model: L-6
"Aeromarine L-6 Fig. 1"
Model: L-8
"Aeromarine L-8 fig. 1"
Model: NAL
"Aeromarine NAL"
Model: S-12
Model: T-6
"Aeromarine T-6"
Model: U-6
Model: U-8
"Aguamarine U-8-D, with 228 HP"
Model: U-873
"Aeromarine U-873 fig. 2"