Szekely aircraft engines were three-cylinder radial engines built in

Holland, Michigan Holland is a city in the western region of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan on Lake Macatawa, which is fed by the Macatawa River (formerly known locally as the Black R ...

in the 1920s and 30s. They were used to power small aircraft such as the Rearwin Junior, Taylor H-2 and American Eagle Eaglet. Often criticized for reliability issues and design flaws, many were replaced with better engines in their original airframes. Few examples still exist but a museum quality example is on display in the

Holland Museum Holland Museum in Holland, Michigan is a local historical museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, his ...

in Holland, Michigan. Szekely radial

Variants

''Data from:''Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1931 ;SR-3 O:Overhead valve combustion chamber, compression ratio 4.6:1, at 1,750 rpm. ;SR-3 L:Side-valve combustion chamber, compression ratio 5:1, at 1,750 rpm.

Applications

* American Eagle Eaglet *

Buhl Bull Pup The Buhl LA-1 Bull Pup was a light sports airplane developed in the United States in 1930. It was a mid-wing wire-braced monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage and an open cockpit for the pilot. Buhl developed the Bull Pup as a cheap aircra ...

Curtiss-Wright Junior The Curtiss-Wright CW-1 Junior, originally named the Curtiss-Robertson CR-1 Skeeter is a light sports aircraft produced in the United States in the 1930s. It had been intended to sell it for the price of a mid-range automobile. The Junior had t ...

Lambach HL.1 The Lambach HL.1 was a one-off, simple tandem two seat training aircraft, trainer designed and built by members and ex-members of the SSVOBB, Delft Student Aeroclub (DSA) in the Netherlands in the mid-1930s. Design and development When in the ea ...

Nicholson Junior KN-2 The Nicholson Junior KN-2 was a low power, high wing, two seat, cabin monoplane intended for sport or flight training in the United States in the late 1920s. Only one was built. Design and development The Junior KN-2 (KN came from the initials ...

Prest Baby Pursuit Prest or PREST may refer to: * Prest (surname), people with the surname * PREST, centre at the University of Manchester * PrEST, a way of creating antibodies See also * * * Saint-Prest *''Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd is a leading UK compan ...

* Rearwin Junior * Taylor H-2

Specifications (SR-3 Model O)

References

{{reflist

External links

"Szekely SR-3 L"
''Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome'', retrieved October 30, 2007 1920s aircraft piston engines Aircraft air-cooled radial piston engines