Aerospace Engines A to Z
Aerospace Engines A to Z

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
"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
"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:

Other details:

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:

Other details:

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:

Other details:

From 1919, and it was built by "Marlin-Rockwell" in New Haven, Connecticut.

Cato C-2

"Cato C-2"