1903 Wright Engine
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The Wright brothers' 1903 Flyer was powered by a four-cylinder, 12-horsepower gasoline engine that weighed 170 pounds.
The engine was built by the Wrights with the help of their bicycle shop mechanic, Charlie Taylor.?
The engine had no fuel pump, carburetor, spark plugs, or throttle. Instead, gasoline was gravity-fed from a small tank mounted on a strut below the upper wing.?
The engine was a significant achievement, but the propellers were the truly innovative feature of the propulsion system. Historians have long speculated about how much power the Wright Flyer engine actually produced, with estimates ranging from 12 hp to more than 30 hp.