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The Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone is an American twin-row, supercharged, air-cooled, radial aircraft engine with 18 cylinders displacing nearly 3,350 cubic inches (54.9 L). Power ranged from 2,200 to 3,700 hp (1,640 to 2,760 kW), depending on model.
Like the Helldiver, the XBT2C was a low-wing monoplane with retractable conventional landing gear, although its more powerful R-3350 engine required a larger 13-foot-8-inch (4.17 m) propeller. Unable to alter the wheel wells that the aircraft inherited from the Helldiver, Curtiss used a telescoping oleo strut mechanism to provide the necessary ...
Later that year the US Navy awarded Wright a contract to develop two new air-cooled radial engines. The first, called the P-1, was a 9-cylinder single row design of 1,652 cu in (27.07 L) displacement that was derived from an earlier Lawrence design, it produced 400 hp (300 kW). [ 2 ]
Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone Turbo-Compound radial engine.. The first aircraft engine to be tested with a power-recovery turbine was the Rolls-Royce Crecy.This was used primarily to drive a geared centrifugal supercharger, although it was also coupled to the crankshaft and gave an extra 15 to 35 percent fuel economy.
The Curtiss XBTC was a prototype single-seat, single-engined torpedo/dive bomber developed during World War II for the United States Navy.Four aircraft were ordered, powered by two different engines, but the two aircraft to be fitted with the Wright R-3350 radial engine were cancelled in late 1942, leaving only the pair using the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial.
Wright R-3350 The Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 is an American radial engine developed by Curtiss-Wright , widely used on aircraft in the 1930s through 1950s. It was produced under license in France as the Hispano-Suiza 9V or Hispano-Wright 9V , and in the Soviet Union as the Shvetsov M-25 .
In 1945 three C-46As were fitted with Wright R-3350 radial piston engines. Curtiss C-46R/Super 46C post-war modified C-46D of LANSA Honduras in 1978 XC-113 Engine change: One C-46G, s/n 44-78945, was converted into an engine testbed, the aircraft was fitted with a General Electric T31 turboprop in place of right-hand side R-2800. The aircraft ...
Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-3350-8 radial piston engine, 2,300 hp (1,700 kW) Armament. 6 .50-cal machine guns or 4 20mm cannon in wings; Unspecified defensive guns; 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg) bombs or 2 torpedoes in internal bay; Hardpoints for two 500-pound (230 kg) bombs under wings