Even if the engine wasn't particularly amazing, I'm impressed that they could just ask one of their employees to build an engine and he had one working in a mon

Even if the engine wasn't particularly amazing, I'm impressed that they could just ask one of their employees to build an engine and he had one working in a month and a half. > There was no manufacturer that created an engine which was as light weight as they needed. They undertook this enterprise themselves as well. The brothers asked one of their employees, Charlie Taylor, to build them an engine. Taylor built an engine in six weeks with an aluminum block to meet weight requirements. In their rough sketches given to Taylor, the brothers stated they need an engine to produce 8 horsepower. Charlie’s engine produced 12.