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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.
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 SGR-1820-F52 (760 hp) Wright R-3350-23 Cyclone 18 (2,000 hp) Japanese aero-engine designations. Manufacturer Army exp. Army long Navy exp. Navy Name
Four eighteen-cylinder Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone Turbo-Compound engines provided power. [7] The prototype flew in May 1953 and American received their first DC-7 in November, inaugurating the first non-stop east-coast-to-west-coast service in the country (unrealistically scheduled just under the eight-hour limit for one crew) and forcing ...
Utilizing the Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone as a basis, Wright developed a 22-cylinder engine, using R-3350 cylinders arranged as a two-row radial engine with 11 cylinders per row instead of 9. [ 1 ] The air-cooled R-4090 was rated to deliver 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) at 2,800 rpm for take-off, from a total displacement of 4,092 cu in (67.06 L), with ...
Wright R-2600 Twin Cyclone; Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone; Wright R-4090 Cyclone 22; T. Wright T-3 Tornado; V. Wright Vertical 4; W. Wright Aeronautical; Wright R-2160 ...
A Skyways of London L-749A at Manchester Ringway Airport on August 11, 1963. An L-749A of CAUSA. L-749 Standard production version, powered by four Wright R-3350-749C18BD-1 radial engines. 60 built.
The Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone was the troubled powerplant of the Constellation and caused delays in the development of the aircraft. Due to problems with the Constellation's powerplant, the R-3350, the aircraft were grounded in February 1943. Flight testing resumed in June 1943.