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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. He brought with him some of Wright's best designers ...
The Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major is an American 28-cylinder four-row radial piston aircraft engine designed and built during World War II.At 4,362.5 cu in (71.5 L), it is the largest-displacement aviation piston engine to be mass-produced in the United States, and at 4,300 hp (3,200 kW) the most powerful.
With Pratt & Whitney starting development of their own 2,800 in 3 (46 L) displacement 18-cylinder, twin-row radial as the R-2800 Double Wasp in 1937, Wright's first R-3350 prototype engines with a 3,350 in 3 (54.9 L) displacement were run in May of the same year. Development was slow, due to the complexity, and the R-2600 receiving development ...
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.
The affected engines are among 1,200 that Pratt estimates will need to be removed from planes and inspected within nine to 12 months because powder metal used in the manufacturing process was ...
Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior; Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet; Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp; Pratt & Whitney R-1860 Hornet B; Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp; Pratt & Whitney R-2060 Yellow Jacket; Pratt & Whitney R-2180-A Twin Hornet; Pratt & Whitney R-2180-E Twin Wasp E; Pratt & Whitney R-2270; Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp
Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp; Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior; Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet; Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp; Pratt & Whitney R-1860 Hornet B; Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp; Pratt & Whitney R-2180-A Twin Hornet; Pratt & Whitney R-2180-E Twin Wasp E; Pratt & Whitney R-2270; Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp; Pratt ...
The R-2000 was an enlarged version of the Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp, with focus on reducing the manufacturing costs and fuel requirements.The bore was increased to 5.75 in (146 mm), while it still retained the 5.5 in (140 mm) stroke.