Aerospace Engines A to Z
Aerospace Engines A to Z

Updated: 30-Jul-2020

Miesse made a 100 CV, horizontally, 8-cylinder radial engine with a vertical crankshaft. It was mounted on the Belgian De la Hault helicopter in 1908.

From Appendix 7: Before the First World War, this brand of engines offered two models, a four-cylinder 50-60 CV and the 100 CV 8-cylinder.

From Appendix 9: No image of this brand appears in the main text. Now we have found one in an old, translated text.

-It is a twelve cylinder (?) Although the author only counts eight. The magneto is on top of the engine.

Miesse engine drawing
“Miesse engine drawing”

-It gave 120 CV weighing 92 Kg. In the Spanish translation, the crankshaft crankpin journals are mentioned as “manetones”.

-It is insisted that the crankshaft with two crankpin journals, each of them was connected with 6 connecting rods "with the help of a special connection that allows a wide useful range to be obtained".

-Referring to the contradiction of 8 or 12 cylinders, it could be that the author refers to two engines: one in the text and the other in the figure below it.

-The cylinders have cooling fins and under the engine there is a fan.

From Appendix 12: This brand appears in an old UK publication. Possibly a licensed representative or manufacturer.

Miesse 100 HP UK ad
“Miesse 100 CV UK ad”

Engines of MIESSE

Model: 4-cyl.

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Model: 6-cyl

Arquitecture:
Cooling:
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Bore / Stroke: x
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Model: 8-cyl. hor.

Arquitecture: Radial
Cooling:
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Radial engine with vertical crankshaft

The author of this edition of Aeroengines AtoZ, through Aeroteca, collaborated on Version 2 of this video, which is presented here.

To understand the operation of the connecting rods, the 1929 Continental R 670 single-cylinder engine was chosen.

A demonstration of Version 3, improved at the author's suggestion, is also available on YouTube at a later date. This version shows bronze valve guides, improved valve spring movement, and the split crankshaft counterweights and front bearing balls also move.

The design is from Juan Soler, Sant Cugat, Barcelona

Below we show a flash of version 3

Counting also with the coloboration of JMC of Enginys Mecanics in Mataro, Barcelona