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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.
The plane first flew on 27 June 1941, more than three years after the construction contract was awarded. It was based at Wright Field from January to November 1942. [2] [b] In 1943, the Wright R-3350 engines were replaced with liquid-cooled W24 Allison V-3420-11 by the aircraft division of Fisher Body in support of the XB-39 project.
R-1300, R-1820, R-2600 and R-3350 Type Radial ... Manufacturer Wright Aeronautical: Wright Cyclone was the name given to a family of air-cooled radial piston engines ...
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.
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 .
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 ...
Prototype, two built. Powered by two 2,300 horsepower (1,700 kW) Wright R-3350-8 engines with four-bladed propellers, with armament of two .50 in machine guns in nose, tail and dorsal turrets, and 8,000 pounds (3,600 kg) of stores in an internal bomb bay. [4] P2V-1 First production model with R-3350-8A engine.
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.