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The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp is an American twin-row, 18-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine with a displacement of 2,800 cu in (46 L), and is part of the long-lived Wasp family of engines. The R-2800 saw widespread use in many important American aircraft during and after World War II.
W.A.R. F4U Corsair with Rotec 2800 Engine. The Rotec R2800 is a seven-cylinder 110 hp radial engine built by Rotec Aerosport Pty Ltd in Australia. The R2800 was Rotec's first (and only) engine offering when they first opened their doors in 2000.
The Pratt & Whitney Wasp was the civilian name of a family of air-cooled radial piston engines developed in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. [1]The Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company (P&W) was founded in 1925 by Frederick B. Rentschler, who had previously been the President of Wright Aeronautical.
R2800 may refer to the following engines: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp, a vintage American 18-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine; Rotec R2800, a contemporary Australian seven-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine
A Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp on display in the hangar deck of the USS Midway (CV-41), now the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California. Date: 22 December 2009: Source: Own work: Author: BrokenSphere: Permission (Reusing this file)
Prototypes were not characterized with the usual "X" or "Y" designations. They had Pratt & Whitney R-2800-5 engines. Armament consisted of two .30 caliber and two .50 caliber machine guns. [40] (The last model was armed with nearly three times that number.) The approximate cost then was $80,226.80 per aircraft (201 built).
One RCAF VIP transport version powered by four Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial piston engines. CL-2 Canadair model number for the DC-4M-1X, DC-4M-2/3, DC-4M-2/4 and C-54GM North Star. [1] CL-4 Canadair model number for the C-4 Argonaut and C-4-1 Canadair Four. [1] CL-5 Canadair model number for the sole C-5 North Star. [1] Aviation Traders Carvair
The Curtiss C-46 had always been considered a problematic aircraft due to its poor performance, particularly in single-engine flight (with several airlines replacing the original Pratt & Whitney R-2800-75 engines of 2000 hp with Pratt & Whitney R-2800-83 AM4 engines of 2100 hp), its high fuel consumption, and frequent fuel tank leaks.