Aerospace Engines A to Z
Aerospace Engines A to Z

Updated: 01-Apr-2021

From Appendix 7: In the main text there is only one call on this brand, ignoring everything it did. We now have knowledge of two models of engines: a 5-cylinder rotary radial and a two-cylinder horizontally-opposed rotary engine (sic). Both engines were air cooled.

The 5-cylinder Phoenix engine
“The 5-cylinder Phoenix” (PiP-fmr)

-The 5-cylinder that we see installed on a monoplane designed by C. Ping in 1910 gave 50 HP.

-The two-cylinder engine gave 20 HP. It was installed on a Turnbull Glider, around 1910.

The used glider
“The used glider” (PiP-fmr)

Engines of PHOENIX

Model: 2 cyl. hor. opp., 20 HP

Arquitecture: 2-cylinder Horizontally opposed
Cooling: Air
Total Displacement:
Bore / Stroke:
Power: 20 HP
Weight:

Other details:
Model: 5 cyl. radial-rotary, 50 HP

Arquitecture: 5-cylinder Rotary
Cooling: Air
Total Displacement:
Bore / Stroke:
Power: 50 HP
Weight:

Other details:
Model: 9 cyl. radial rotary

Arquitecture:
Cooling:
Total Displacement:
Bore / Stroke: x
Power:
Weight:

Other details:

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