Updated: 20-May-2020
In 1910, San Francisco engine builder Joseph L. Cato, built a two-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine that delivered 35 hp at 1,500 rpm with a compression rate of 4.33 to 1.
-The engine had a Stromberg L model carburetor and Bosch magneto.
-In 1912, he built a water-cooled, four-cylinder, upright, inline engine that delivered 60 hp at 1,400 rpm.
"Cato C-2"
-In 1919, he made another 2-cylinder engine that gave 72 hp at 1,825 rpm, but it was built by "Marlin-Rockwell" in New Haven, Connecticut. It was the C-2 model.
From Appendix 10: Picture of a Cato boxer engine installed and with propeller.
"Cato engine on an airplane"
Engines of CATO
Model: 2 cyl. 35 hp
Arquitecture: Horizontally opposed
Cooling: Air
Total Displacement:
Bore / Stroke:
Power: 35 HP @ 1500 rpm
Weight:
Engine from 1910 with a compression rate of 4.33 to 1.
Model: 4 cyl. 60 hp
Arquitecture: 4-cylinder In-line
Cooling: Liquid
Total Displacement:
Bore / Stroke:
Power: 60 HP @ 1400 rpm
Weight:
From 1912.
Model: Type C-2, 2 Twin-flat, 72 HP
Arquitecture: 2-cylinder Horizontally opposed
Cooling:
Total Displacement:
Bore / Stroke:
Power: 72 HP @ 1825 rpm
Weight:
From 1919, and it was built by "Marlin-Rockwell" in New Haven, Connecticut.
"Cato C-2"