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A detailed technical article on the Whirlwind's history and development up to the J-5, from the Aircraft Engine Historical Society. "The Wright J-5 'Whirlwind': An American Engine Which Has Made History", Flight, vol. XIX, no. 24, pp. 390– 392, June 16, 1927. A contemporary technical article on the features and performance of the J-5.
Wright's J-1 was the first engine in its nine-cylinder R-790 Whirlwind series and was quickly followed by the J-3, J-4, J-4A, J-4B, and finally the popular and successful J-5 of 1925. In 1928, Wright replaced the R-790 series with the J-6 Whirlwind family, in which a supercharger was added to boost engine power and the cylinders were enlarged ...
The five-cylinder version was originally known as the J-6 Whirlwind Five, or J-6-5 for short. The U.S. government designated it as the R-540; Wright later adopted this and dropped the J-6 nomenclature. Like all the members of the J-6 Whirlwind family, the R-540 had larger cylinders than the R-790.
In 1927, a Wright J-5C Whirlwind engine was used by Charles Lindbergh in the Spirit of St. Louis when he flew from New York City to Paris. [1] [5] [7] Wright engines were also used by other famed aviators, including Richard E. Byrd, Clarence Chamberlin, and Amelia Earhart. [1] Wright Aeronautical merged with the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor ...
The first design from the Detroit-based Stinson Aircraft Syndicate was the Stinson SB-1 Detroiter, a four-seat cabin biplane with novel features such as cabin heating, individual wheel brakes and electric starter for the nose-mounted 220 hp (164 kW) Wright J-5 Whirlwind engine. It made its first flight on Jan 25th, 1926. [1]
CA-3 Airster (1926) aka J4 Airster or B-V Airster 200 hp Wright J-4 (a.k.a. J-4 Whirlwind); Folding wings; awarded the first ATC ever issued, March 1927 (ATC 1, 2-6) one modified under ATC 2-6 as 2p with 220 hp Wright J-5 as a trainer for Army trials
The conventional airplane used a fixed landing gear. The prototype XN3N-1 was powered by a Wright J-5 radial engine. An order for 179 production aircraft was received. [1] Near the end of the first production run the engine was replaced with the Wright R-760-2 Whirlwind radial.
wingspan 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m), 200 hp (150 kW) Wright J-4 Whirlwind, 76 built. NY-1A a number of NY-1 aircraft modified for gunnery training with one .30 in (7.62 mm) trainable machine gun in the rear cockpit. NY-1B a number of retrofitted NY-1 aircraft with the long-span wings of the NY-2 and the 220 hp (160 kW) Wright J-5 Whirlwind. NY-2